[ExtractStream] Extraction from a "netless " Sony DirecTiVo SAT60

[Josh Harding]

--- redmr2 <redmr2@h...> wrote:

> I recompiled a static extractstream-0.2 to run under the Kaz Linux 
> tools cd kernel .. and moded it recognize hdb10 instead of hda10. 
> Well, it seems to try to work, but it outputs a "sector signature 
> failed" and a sector dump. I'm assuming it's because of the es 
> program reading raw Motorola formatted data into Intel backwards byte
> integers thus screwing up all math calcs.

Sounds like you're on the right track. As a quick (in terms of time at
the keyboard, not clock time) you could try dd'ing the hdb10 with
conv=swab and output to a spare disk ...we've all got an extra 30G
sitting around, right? :) It's not a good fix, but it'd let you test
your extraction method.


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--The Amigo

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