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captainjrl
05-25-2005, 01:48 PM
If I wanted to migrate my hacked HDVR2 from a 120GB to a 160GB drive what issues (if any) will arise?

I hacked it with a 4.0.1b image and a killhdinitrd'd 4.0.1a kernel (plus things like HMO, MRV, etc), but no monte. Will it just only address up to 137GB or will I get errors and eventually an unusable system?

TIA
PlainBill
05-25-2005, 02:38 PM
Actually, it'll only access 120 Gigs unless you start over. AFIK, HDVR2's came with a 40 gig drive with 2 MFS partition sets. An image of this drive could be expanded only once.

Starting over seems like a lot of trouble for only 40 Gigs. I would suggest the best approach would be to start over, get a larger (200 - 250 Gig) drive and upgrade to 6.2, which has native LBA-48 support, HMO/MRV, AND a much faster UI.

PlainBill
captainjrl
05-25-2005, 02:53 PM
Will 6.2 HMO work with 4.0 HMO?

I really hate to completely start over because I have lots of recordings already on the drive.

Here is my complete situation. I just recently got both of my HDVR2s hacked to 4.0 with all of the goodies. Everything was fine up until about 2 weeks ago when one of them started making extra hard drive noise. I could live with it as it was not too terribly loud. Then my recordings and live TV started pausing and skipping, so I decided that I needed to replace the drive. I have a couple of options in replacing the drive. I have my old 120GB that was in this HDVR2 prior to moving it to 4.0 (I had only done a Hinsdale upgrade to use the 120GB drive) and I have a brand new 160GB drive.

I have a couple more questions

Is there a way to move from 4.0 to 6.2 while the drive is active on the Tivo or do I really have to start from scratch?

What would be the best approach to keep my recordings?

Will all of the things I did with my 4.0 box still work on a 6.2? Those would be HMO, MRV, TyTools, TWP (including playback on my PC).
hayreass
05-25-2005, 03:14 PM
Will 6.2 HMO work with 4.0 HMO?yes
Is there a way to move from 4.0 to 6.2 while the drive is active on the TivoYes
What would be the best approach to keep my recordings?Upgrade via slices.
Will all of the things I did with my 4.0 box still work on a 6.2? Those would be HMO, MRV, TyTools, TWP (including playback on my PC).Yes, with the possible exception of TWP playback. There are a few issues with TWP, I do not know if this is one of them or not.