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Hello all--
I'm about to embark on my first TIVO repair... We were given a Toshiba H400 1.5 years ago and it's been working great with an occasional lockup. Well now the lockups are quite frequent (several per week some weeks), so I'm looking to replace the HDD.
Having next to NO budget, a buddy of mine gave me an 80GB SATA drive that he's no longer using... which leads me to my first question:
1) Can I use a SATA-to-PATA adapter and put a SATA drive into the Toshiba SD-H400? Our local computer shop has SATA to IDE adapters (SATA drive to IDE controller) for $25...
Okay, assuming we're good there, on to my next question. I've got the weaKnees instructions on getting the existing TIVO stuff off the current HDD and putting it onto a new HDD (to preserve settings and recorded programs).. However the instructions assume that an existing PC hard drive is installed...
We use a laptop, so I've scrounged together enough parts to put together a tower PC, but with no HDD... The weaKnees instructions say the following:
To me that seems to be using my "existing PC hard drive" as a temporary mount point to create the backup of the TIVO image.. Then I do a "restore" to the replacement HDD... which leads me to my second question:
2) How do I do this if I just want to copy one drive's contents to the new drive? I'm not even looking to upgrade storage -- just replace the drive with a newer, same-size SATA drive...
Thanks so much!
..dane
I'm about to embark on my first TIVO repair... We were given a Toshiba H400 1.5 years ago and it's been working great with an occasional lockup. Well now the lockups are quite frequent (several per week some weeks), so I'm looking to replace the HDD.
Having next to NO budget, a buddy of mine gave me an 80GB SATA drive that he's no longer using... which leads me to my first question:
1) Can I use a SATA-to-PATA adapter and put a SATA drive into the Toshiba SD-H400? Our local computer shop has SATA to IDE adapters (SATA drive to IDE controller) for $25...
Okay, assuming we're good there, on to my next question. I've got the weaKnees instructions on getting the existing TIVO stuff off the current HDD and putting it onto a new HDD (to preserve settings and recorded programs).. However the instructions assume that an existing PC hard drive is installed...
We use a laptop, so I've scrounged together enough parts to put together a tower PC, but with no HDD... The weaKnees instructions say the following:
Issue backup and restore commands
At the prompt, issue the following command:
mount /dev/hdW1 /mnt
Then issue the backup command (remember to replace hdX and hdY as appropriate):
for one-drive TiVos:
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdX
for two-drive TiVos:
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdX /dev/hdY
The software will scan your drive for a few moments. You should see a progress indicator as the backup proceeds. Once the backup is successful, shut down the PC if your destination drive isn't connected by using CTRL-ALT-DELETE and waiting until the Linux has halted. Then boot again as before with the destination drive connected, and enter the following with hdZ (hdZZ if you have two) as your destination drive:
mount /dev/hdW1 /mnt
Then:
mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdX (/dev/hdY) | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdZ (/dev/hdZZ)
Parentheticals are for two drive to two drive or one drive to two drive situations. Replace X, Y, Z, and ZZ with the actual drive identifiers, and remove either the entire parenthetical for one drive to one drive, or the parentheses themselves for other configurations as appropriate. Don't miss the "-" on each part of the equation. The pipe character - "|" - is made by typing shift-backslash. This process will take much time depending on the sizes of the original drives. At the end, you'll see wording indicating the size of the new drive(s) in hours for the newest Series 2 standalone units - your unit may differ.
At the prompt, issue the following command:
mount /dev/hdW1 /mnt
Then issue the backup command (remember to replace hdX and hdY as appropriate):
for one-drive TiVos:
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdX
for two-drive TiVos:
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdX /dev/hdY
The software will scan your drive for a few moments. You should see a progress indicator as the backup proceeds. Once the backup is successful, shut down the PC if your destination drive isn't connected by using CTRL-ALT-DELETE and waiting until the Linux has halted. Then boot again as before with the destination drive connected, and enter the following with hdZ (hdZZ if you have two) as your destination drive:
mount /dev/hdW1 /mnt
Then:
mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdX (/dev/hdY) | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdZ (/dev/hdZZ)
Parentheticals are for two drive to two drive or one drive to two drive situations. Replace X, Y, Z, and ZZ with the actual drive identifiers, and remove either the entire parenthetical for one drive to one drive, or the parentheses themselves for other configurations as appropriate. Don't miss the "-" on each part of the equation. The pipe character - "|" - is made by typing shift-backslash. This process will take much time depending on the sizes of the original drives. At the end, you'll see wording indicating the size of the new drive(s) in hours for the newest Series 2 standalone units - your unit may differ.
2) How do I do this if I just want to copy one drive's contents to the new drive? I'm not even looking to upgrade storage -- just replace the drive with a newer, same-size SATA drive...
Thanks so much!
..dane
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