How to tell if S2 Dtivo knows about larger drive?

[sibarys]

I just upgraded a Philips DSR7000 from a 40Gb drive to a 120GB one. I backed up and took out the original drive (saving it for backup) and restored the image to the new drive.

Got the Monte and every other hack I know of working fine. But a question haunts me: the "System Info" screen still tells me that the available recording capacity is "Variable. Up to 35 hours".

When I upgraded the other S1 SA Tivo (in that case, I added a second 120Gb HD to a Sony SVR2000), the available recording capacity reflected the new larger drive.

So now I'm wondering, is there a chance that, on the DSR7000, the partitions on the new 120Gb drive were not adjusted for the larger capacity and are still set the same as the 40Gb one?

Could someone who's upgraded a S2 Dtivo please reply with the message on their "System Info" screen?

Thanks.
Sibarys

[mrblack51]

if the system info listing still says 35 hours, then tivo doesnt see the new drive

[sibarys]

MrB.,

thanks for your quick reply. I was afraid that was the case.

OK, back to the drawing board. Where did I go wrong?

I backed up the original drive with:

mfsbackup -f 4138 -6so /mnt/c/tivo-s2.bak /dev/hdc

and restored to the new drive with:

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/c/tivo-s2.bak /dev/hdc

I thought the "x" in "-xzpi" would expand the partitions on restore to the new larger size. If that didn't do it, then how is it done?

Thanks again.
Sibarys

[captain_video]

The "-x" should have expanded the partitions but it doesn't always take. Put your 120GB drive back in your PC as secondary master and boot from the MFS Tools 2.0 CD. I would imagine you could also use johnnydeath's boot CD since it also contains MFS Tools 2.0. You should be able to expand the partitions so that the OS can recognize the new larger capacity as follows:

mfsadd -x /dev/hdc

The added storage capacity should be indicated when the partitions have finished expanding. Do a Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart and then shut down the PC when the POST screen is displayed. Reinstall the drive in your DTivo and check the System Information screen to confirm the larger capacity after it boots up.

[sibarys]

Well,

thank you guys for your feedback.

CV,

you're of course correct that "mfsadd -x /dev/hdc" would have added the necessary partitions and extra recording capacity to the drive...except that this Tivo had Monte on it, and the last partition (before mfsadd) had a copy of the romfs on it. I did try mfsadd for "fun", but as I imagined it destroyed the Monte setup and the Tivo wouldn't boot.

Thankfully I was prepared and I still had my spare FAT 32 HD that I had used for the Monte.

Soooo, yes I had re-start all over but it went quite quickly as most of the steps were now not necessary.

I restored my original backup image, ran mfsadd, confirmed that the recording capacity was right, then proceeded to do the Monte.

I've now done the Monte so many times I'm a pro :D

Learned lesson: check to make sure the extra capacity is there (which is after all, to most people, the most important hack) before messing around with anything else.

Thanks again guys.
Sibarys

[captain_video]

It's all part of the learning curve. I've always felt that you never quite get the true feel for doing a hack if you only have to do it once. I just got done redoing my DSR7000 for about the 10th time (probably more) so I'me getting pretty good at doing that as well. I haven't stepped up to doing the monte hack yet but it's next on my list as soon as I get everything the way I want it with my current setup. Doing incremental backups may seem like a pain to some but I find it's far less painful than starting from scratch each time. It's also a good idea to make sure your new hard drive is being recognized by the Tivo OS before you start with all of the more difficult hacks, but you already know that. :D