Hacking the R10 in Jan 06

[Jamie]

Also you need to add the following to your rc.sysinit.author file inorder to have a shell prompt after bootup.

/bin/bash --login </dev/ttyS2&>/dev/ttyS2 &

You sure it's ttyS2 on an R10? You might want to check this post.

[xannor]

You sure it's ttyS2 on an R10? You might want to check this post.

Yeah, forgot it was an R10, was just reading out of my DSR7000. I never got that far with my R10 since I do not have a hacked prom. If the unit has both a serial and and IR port on the back the serial will be ttyS2 if it just has a serial or IR port then it is ttyS1 (I dont remember if they got rid of one or not.)

[7.1]

never mind

[wetdog500]

Thanks, I thought it was a stupid question...
It just never dawned on me.

[wetdog500]

Xannor, I feel the same way as you. My hack would never of happened if I didn't also want the programmer so that I could start playing around with Microchips PICs.

[wetdog500]

Xannor I added that line to my rc.sysinit.author file, and I got nothing at boot-up.

This is my file:

#!/bin/bash

export TIVO_ROOT=""
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/tivo-bin

# enable serial at bootup
/bin/bash --login </dev/ttys2>/dev/ttys2 &

# start telnet
tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &

# start ftp
tivoftpd

# make fake call
fakecall.tcl

route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

Does anybody see anything wrong with this?

[xannor]

You may have to use ttyS1 instead of ttyS2 to get the bash prompt, but you should be able to watch the whole boot process. If you connect your serial cable and watch from boot do you see anything at all? The directions I gave are for the non-R10 versions and as Jamie and I were discussing I may have given the wrong steps. If you get nothing at all during boot then I may have given you the wrong console settings. I cannot pull my R10 harddrive right now so I cannot verify but you could try to set the bootpage to console=1,115200 instead of console=2,115200 and see. Only do this if you get nothing at all during the boot of the unit over the serial connection.

[wetdog500]

I'm not getting anything, I'll try it as soon as I can pull the drive.

By the way how long can a serial cable be? Mine is about 15 to 25 feet of unshielded cat5 strands I recycled from an old Ethernet cable. (I did check the wires with a multimeter)

[cheer]

I'm not getting anything, I'll try it as soon as I can pull the drive.

By the way how long can a serial cable be? Mine is about 15 to 25 feet of unshielded cat5 strands I recycled from an old Ethernet cable. (I did check the wires with a multimeter)

Shouldn't be any problem with that -- I've run them much longer. What is your bootpage? If your bootpage is set to console=2,115000, then you might need to change it to 1.

[wetdog500]

My bootpage is set to console=2,115000.
I'll try 1 as soon as I can pull the drive.

Thanks

[PlainBill]

You also need an amperstand after tivoftpd

PlainBill

[cheer]

You also need an amperstand after tivoftpd

Don't think so -- at least, I don't have one on any of mine; it seems to be smart enough to background itself.

[gwar11d2]

Hmm, I have my console on my R10 set to 57600, seems to work fine on a 30 foot cable.... (Stupid me put my computer 3 rooms away) Don't know if it makes a difference between the higher speed or not. (dsscon=true console=1,57600)

Also, you plan on rebooting everyday? You might want to add fakecall.tcl to crond instead of your init scripts....

-Brian

[PlainBill]

Don't think so -- at least, I don't have one on any of mine; it seems to be smart enough to background itself.

I just checked mine. You're right, I was wrong. Again.

PlainBill

[warpjavier]

Hi,
I have an R10 hacked and I couldn't get output from the boot process but I do get serial bash promt with this in rc.sysinit.author

insmod /lib/modules/bcm7315tty.o
stty 115200 sane < /dev/ttyS1
bash < /dev/ttyS1 >& /dev/ttyS1 &

my bootpage is:
root=/dev/hda7 dsscon=true console=1,115200
as I said b4, I don't get output.

hope this help
warpjavier