Questions after 6.2 upgrade...

[AthieN]

Hello all.

Here's what I have: Hughes SD-DVR40 upgraded to 120GB.
Software - 3.1.1e with utilities installed via PTVNet CD

All works well...

Now, I perform the slice upgrade to 6.2 (yes, the slice upgrade works just fine when upgrading from 3.1.1e to 6.2)

All goes well....If I were to reboot after the update, I'd have 6.2 running and all the recordings, passes, etc are there - just none of the hacks from PTVnet...obviously. I have verified this...

What I am trying to do, and where I am running into a problem is that I am trying to get the 'ptvupgrade' directory off the old parition and move it to the new one so that when I reboot, the TiVo will see the 'ptvupgrade' directory and theoretically all the hacks should work right? I am talking about moving everything related to ptvupgrade to the new partition....just as it looks on the old one from 3.1.1e...

The problem I am having is that when moving the directory from /dev/hda4 to /dev/hda7 (hda7 is the new install) it gets about 98% done and then spits out that I am out of room on the partition and finishes compying the remainder of the directory...any idea why that is?

Another question I have, is when I select just a few files (ie. tivoftpd, etc.) over to the new partition and then reboot, they aren't enabled. I have gone through and edited the rc.sysinit.author to load them from the appropriate locations....but that is all I have done... am I forgetting something?

Please forgive the newb questions....

Any help would be appreciated.

[cheer]

Did you dd over a killhdinitrd'd kernel after the upgrade? Without that, your hacks won't stay put.

As far as the space issue, that's a common problem when dd'ing symlinks. Can't remember the switch you need to use to prevent that, but I've definitely seen this before (people do it with busybox all the time...evidently it makes physical copies of the files into each location instead of copying the links).

Don't know much about a "PTVUpgrade" directory. You may want to toss this question over to the PTVUpgrade forums.

[hayreass]

Well, it telling you that you are out of room on the partition probably means just that, you are out of room.
'df' from a bash prompt will let you know how much space you are using.
'du -xh' from the root directory will list your folders, and tell you how big they are.
And 'ls -lh" from within a folder will show you individual file size.

I don't know what all you've done, but if you have done some tivoapp patching, look in /tvbin you may have several copies of tivoapp taking up space.

Next, have you made your rc.sysinit.author file executable?
Are you editing it in the tivo?

[AthieN]

Did you dd over a killhdinitrd'd kernel after the upgrade? Without that, your hacks won't stay put.

As far as the space issue, that's a common problem when dd'ing symlinks. Can't remember the switch you need to use to prevent that, but I've definitely seen this before (people do it with busybox all the time...evidently it makes physical copies of the files into each location instead of copying the links).

Don't know much about a "PTVUpgrade" directory. You may want to toss this question over to the PTVUpgrade forums.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have a killhdinit'd kernel in place (3.1.5 from the PTVupgrade cd) and it would appear that it is working well (at least I think so)

If someone could find me the switch needed to prevent the space issue I would greatly appreciate it!!

Thanks again!

[AthieN]

Well, it telling you that you are out of room on the partition probably means just that, you are out of room.
'df' from a bash prompt will let you know how much space you are using.
'du -xh' from the root directory will list your folders, and tell you how big they are.
And 'ls -lh" from within a folder will show you individual file size.

I don't know what all you've done, but if you have done some tivoapp patching, look in /tvbin you may have several copies of tivoapp taking up space.

Next, have you made your rc.sysinit.author file executable?
Are you editing it in the tivo?

Thanks hayreass for the reply.

The out of space problem I get is immediately following the 6.2 upgrade via slices. I have not copied anything else over to the partition when I get this error. What baffles me, is how it can be on partition /dev/hda4 fully with no problems, but I am unable to move it over to /dev/hda7 (which is the same sized partition)?

the tivoapp is irrelevant at this point since I have not done any other modifications to this particular partition as of yet....

yes, I have made the rc.sysinit.author executable (chmod 755 rc.sysinit.author)

[hayreass]

Have you also set the permissions on any files you are tryig to execute?

On a different note, all the hacks are readily available here. It's no too much work to just install what you need/want, and pass on the PTV stuff.

[AthieN]

Have you also set the permissions on any files you are tryig to execute?

Yes, everything needed is executable via chmod

On a different note, all the hacks are readily available here. It's no too much work to just install what you need/want, and pass on the PTV stuff.

I think you're right... I think I'll just start over again. I will restore my backup of 3.1.1e and reinstall the slices, then I will just manually add the files I need to the new partition and I "should" be set to go...

Thanks.

[hayreass]

I wouldn't think you actually need to start over.

Just delete the files you've tried to transfer, if any.

And start installing what you actually want.

I mean, if it's working now, why lose your recordings?

[AthieN]

I wouldn't think you actually need to start over.

Just delete the files you've tried to transfer, if any.

And start installing what you actually want.

I mean, if it's working now, why lose your recordings?

The cool thing I've found out in my learning experience with TiVo is that if you at first do a drive to drive copy using Hinsdale's guide (copy original A drive to new upgrade drive - slow method) it will keep ALL your recordings, even if you revery back to 3.1.1e from 4.x or 6.2... I won't go into great detail how I managed this but if anyone wants it step by step then let me know...

Anyways... I have reverted back to 3.1.1e and am now preparing the 6.2 slice upgrade as I type.

After this is done, I'm going to forget about PTVNet's upgrade directory and just install TiVoFTP, Telnet, and TiVoWebPlus...if I can successfully install those 3 then I'll be happy for now. If not then I'm going to revert back to just wait until the PTVNet 6.2 cd is released... :rolleyes:

[hayreass]

Consider installing All-In-One S2 utilities collection. (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37602) It has ftp, and many other useful tools.
And don't forget to look HERE (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42325) for other hacks, especially tivoweb modifications necessary for it to run.

[AthieN]

Thanks. I'm usin them.

Update: I am fully up and running now. =)

Thanks everyone for the help!!