Tivoweb Help

[brytime]

Mark,

Thanks for the reply, I will try your suggestion. I understand what 
you are saying about the "cpio" possibly from another computer, if 
that is the case, any ideas on how I can get the correct Tivo file? 

I will let you know what happens,
Bry

--- In ExtractStream@y..., Mark Jeffcoat <jeffcoat@a...> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 05:23:32AM -0000, brytime wrote:
> > I tried to install the Tivoweb today, I have limited knowledge of 
> > Linux so I followed the readme pretty carefully.
> > 
> > I was attempting to install TivoWeb version 1.9.4 Beta 3. I 
> > downloaded and copied the file over, I successfully decompressed 
the 
> > file with 'gzip -d tivoweb-tcl-1.9.4.tar.gz' and when I went to 
> > unpack the file with 'cpio -H tar -i < tivoweb-tcl-1.9.4.tar', I 
> > received the following error message:
> > 
> > mnt/bin/cpio: cannot execute binary file
> > 
> 
> "mnt/bin/cpio"? It looks like you copied cpio from another
> computer onto your Tivo; that's the error you'd get. Don't
> do that; cpio comes with the standard Tivo software, and
> binaries compiled for other (i.e., Intel) processors won't
> work on the Tivo.
> 
> If what I wrote didn't make any sense, try doing (on the Tivo)
> "/bin/cpio -H tar -i < tivoweb-tcl-1.9.4.tar" instead
> of what you did. That'll force it to use the correct binary.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Jeffcoat
> Austin, TX