Hi, I have done a few Tivo upgrades on my old computer, but I ran into a few problems with my new Compaq with SATA support.

As I load the upgrade CD, I see that my drives are loading as hde, hdf, hdg, and hdh. Linux never fully loads and I cannot mount, backup or restore a tivo image.

Here is the trick for users with newer motherboards with included SATA support or default RAID setups: when you load the initial boot prompt (where it says press Enter to load) you type in "linux ide=reverse"
Once this loaded it worked perfectly!!

A side note that I found on the Hinsdale guide: if you backup was made using Mfs Tools 1.xx ; that you should put a "b" in the middle of the mfsrestore command string so
mfsrestore -s 127 -xzbpi /mnt/dos/backup.bak /dev/hdc
not
mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/dos/backup.bak /dev/hdc
This is not mentioned anywhere in the interactive guide, but I did insert the "b" and it worked.

I do have one question:
1. When restoring an image, the interactive guide lists the command as:
mfsrestore -s 127 -zxpi .......
However, the Hinsdale guide lists
mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi ........
What is the difference between "zxpi" and "xzpi" ?
(I used xzpi and had no problems)