Reply With Quoteis there an advantage to using cron, as opposed to having the script loop continuously?Originally Posted by Spydertech
Senior Member
depends on your Tivo software.
It's either 4 or 7
Member in Training.
is there an advantage to using cron, as opposed to having the script loop continuously?
Member in Training.
For some reason I can only see and access all the partitions when I connect my tivo drive as the Primary on IDE 1.
Will the TivoScript work if I connect the tivo drive this way and my C drive as the secondary?
If not, do you know why this is happening?
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I installed sleepers iso fine, no problems but every time I get bash I can’t type anything in. I can see the output, but it won’t let me input anything.
The cable is fine, I can get bash fine on my dsr7000. I installed a fresh copy a couple times, taken the drive out in between steps (restore, Monte and hacks) but I always get the same thing. I did a search didn’t find anything relevant, any ideas as to how to fix?
Experienced Member.
I'm starting to believe that my Hughes SD-DVR40 Series 2 is sleeper proof. But I've found there are(were) others experiencing the same problem as me. When I finish all the scripts, My dtivo box is stuck on the Welcome, Powering Up screen. Here's what I've done so far. I redownloaded and reburned the iso, I've double checked the cables and jumper settings, Backup is successful, Restore is successful (test in my dtivo box and it boots up showing extra recording time due to restoring it to a bigger HD, Surgery and hacks appear to complete successfully. Dtivo wont boot after surgery; I tried to put the HD back into my dtivo box before I applied any hacks to it but I got the "Welcome screen of death" I even tried switching the jumper back to CS before putting the HD back in my Dtivo.
1.) What script did you run? Prom or Monte?
PROM
2.) If you ran the Prom script, who soldered your prom into your Tivo?
I purchased it like that
3.) What model is your unit?
Hughes SD-DVR40
4.) How big is the original hard drive?
40GB
5.) Is or has your original hard drive been hacked before.
No
6.) Have you ever performed a mfsrestore to your original hard drive?
No
7.) What version of software is running on your original hard drive?
3.1.1-01-2-351
8. ) Has your box been subbed, receiving DVR service and DTV if it's a DTivo?
No
9.) What size is the drive that your are restoring to?
120GB
10.) Were there any error messages when running the scripts and exactly what did they say. If you are not sure then perform the entire operation again before posting.
No errors
11.) Include the text captured from your terminal (hyperterminal) where the error occurred in your post.
12.) Did you spill coffee on your Tivo while you had it open? Just kidding?
13.) Did you test the drive in your tivo after the RESTORE phase and before the SURGERY phase? Did it work?
Yes, it worked like a champ
14.) Did you test the drive in your tivo after the SURGERY phase and before the FINAL (HACKS) phase? Did it work?
Yes, it stayed at Welcome....
15.) What model USB newtork adapter are you using?
Not sure
16) Which network drivers did you choose to install?
I tried both to no avail
Last edited by jaystizo; 02-07-2004 at 04:11 PM.
Member in Training.
I have run the Sleepers tivoscript. Everything is fine until it attempts to mv the "netfilter-enable". It states that it does not exist and the script will not continue past that point.
Is there a way to continue or resolve this?
Thanks!
Senior Member
What do you mean you purchased it like that? If you did not remove your PROM and have it modified with new code then don't select the P. You must use the Monte method to hack your box.
Senior Member
Don't select SA for type of Tivo. If you have a SA go ahead and let it update to 4.0 before hacking it.
Experienced Member.
I was under the impression the P step was to back up your original HD and restore it. Was I wrong in this assumption?
Diamond Member
Yes.
The P option is to completely hack if you have a modified prom that doesn't do checks on the filesystem (or more to the point always succeeds the check).
If you have not modified the prom then you use the monte option. The monte option includes backup and restore.
Malfunct
HDVR2 - 120hours - Extraction enabled
SD-DVR40 - Unhacked (for now)
Banned
I'm just catching up- I haven't had time lately.
Thanks to those of you who have been carrying the flag!
Gee, I thought that question about "Who installed your prom?" would avert that problem from happening. Well at least no-one pulled their hair out trying to figure out what he did wrong - He simply told us. Not to insult, but it was quite humorous reading.
If anyone is still having a problem, give a bump!
S.
Member in Training.
does anybody have any suggestions for me, thnaks.
Banned
Can you telnet to the unit? I assume you can not get bash over the serial port.
Put an echo statement in rc.sysinit.author before and after the line that starts bash. See if the output appears on the serial port after booting. It almost sounds like rc.sysinit.author never gets called for some reason. Let's verify that it does with the echo statements.
S.
Junior Member
1.) What script did you run? Prom or Monte?
monte
2.) If you ran the Prom script, who soldered your prom into your Tivo?
3.) What model is your unit?
hdrv2
4.) How big is the original hard drive?
40
5.) Is or has your original hard drive been hacked before.
no neither one
6.) Have you ever performed a mfsrestore to your original hard drive?
no
7.) What version of software is running on your original hard drive?
3.1.0.0_151
8. ) Has your box been subbed, receiving DVR service and DTV if it's a DTivo?
yep
9.) What size is the drive that your are restoring to?
120
10.) Were there any error messages when running the scripts and exactly what did they say. If you are not sure then perform the entire operation again before posting.
./readbp.sh: /cdrom/bootpage: no such file or directory
error: Tivo(dev/hdc) does not contain a valid signature
error: The boot page command returned the following:
there is nothing just a couple blank spaces then:
aborting backup
11.) Include the text captured from your terminal (hyperterminal) where the error occurred in your post.
12.) Did you spill coffee on your Tivo while you had it open? Just kidding?
13.) Did you test the drive in your tivo after the RESTORE phase and before the SURGERY phase? Did it work?
14.) Did you test the drive in your tivo after the SURGERY phase and before the FINAL (HACKS) phase? Did it work?
15.) What model USB newtork adapter are you using?
16) Which network drivers did you choose to install?
i have tried this on 2 pcs, 2 different tivo hd's, i tried a manuall backup using cobellis guide, when i get to backup phase it gets to backing up 1449mb of 1449 mb then does some type of a stack dump, WAY TOO much to try and type out, plzzzz help I am trying to learn this
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[QUOTE=Sleeper[b]tc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author has been modified to set the IP address. This interferes with version 4.0.1's ability to set the IP address using DHCP. I suggest that for version 4.0.1 (possible 4.0?) the calls to "ifconfig" and "route add" are unnecessary and should be removed. [/B]
Sleeper,
I've seen lots of posts about 4.x using dhcp and what to do about it. I however am runnig 3.1.1b and would like to use dhcp. Is that possible or do I have to pick a static address.
When running your script I did not enter an IP address for the Tivo, but I did enter a netmask, broadcast and gateway address, hoping that no address would somehow invoke dhcp. I guess not since my ifconfig yields
none):/etc/rc.d$ (none):/etc/rc.d$ (none):/etc/rc.d$ lo Link encap:Local
Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
my rc.sysinit.author has this in the section about the ethernet
tivo:/etc/rc.d$
#Start BASH
/bin/bash</dev/ttyS2&>/dev/ttyS2&
#Setup HOSTNAME
/bin/hostname tivo
#Load ax8817x ethernet drivers
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 10
#Set the IP address
ifconfig eth0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
SO, do I have to rerun the script and select a static IP address. Or could I edit rc.sysinit.author like this by putting the IP address between eth0 and broadcast?
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.50 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
My adapter is a Linksys USB200M and as you can see I selected the ax drivers.
TIA Lowcarb
PS <edit>
I got it working by putting the ethernet address where I expected it.
I'd still like to know about using dhcp please. My router lets me assign static dhcp addresses based on MAC address
Now I changed my dialing prefix to #401 but it insists on testing after I do this and it fails at the dialing saying (Failed. Phone is busy.)
If I punch #401 into one of my phones I get a busy signal so it must be trying to call out on the phone line instead of the internet.
Did I miss a step?
Last edited by Lowcarb; 02-10-2004 at 11:21 PM.
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