[ExtractStream] Re: 3.0 and TyTool

Michael Loftis mloftis at w...
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:03:10 -0700
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It worked after about three tries, apparently the 'net connection to 
there is spotty.

Mark Frankenfield wrote:

> It should work. I'm currently using it. Which Nic setup are you 
> using? If you using TivoNet from 9th tee or turbonet it should work. 
> If you were using a different Nic Card though, that's probably your 
> problem. Their (un)support is only for those 2 cards and SOME of the 
> USB adapters with a 2.0 unit.
>
> 
>
> There's also a way to get the telnet, ftp, etc, back without cracking 
> the case open as well, BUT only if you had them on the box previously, 
> and had the Serial port give you a BASH prompt.
>
> 
>
> 1) Get a serial connection setup so you can get to the boot parameters.
>
> 2) Edit your boot parameters so that they boot off the "old" 
> partition. After the boot info, put "shondss=true handcraft=true 
> runmyworld=false"
>
shondss doesn't work, and hasn't from about 2.0 on to my knowledge.

Anyway I'll probably get around to pulling the drives sometiem down the 
road, until then I just won't do any extractions.

> So, if it says "root=/dev/hda4" then you put:
> "root=/dev/hda7 shondss=true handcraft=true runmyworld=false"
>
> Or, if it says "root=/dev/hda7" then you put:
> "root=/dev/hda4 shondss=true handcraft=true runmyworld=false"
>
> 3) Press "b" to boot the TiVo
>
> 4) You now have bash access, booted off the old partition. Your TV 
> will be displaying "almost there" forever. The main point is *DO NOT 
> BOOT THE OLD RUNMYWORLD* if you do, it will hose the database and you 
> will loose the ability to record anything unless your do a full reset 
> on the system.
>
> 5) With Bash access, mount the other partition, copy your files over 
> to /var/hack, edit rc.sysinit to give you a telnet daemon, and 
> whatever else you wanted.
>
> 6) Shutdown the TiVo from Bash (do not pull the power- you need to 
> close out the file systems), and go back into the boot menu. Put the 
> boot parameters back to whatever they were before you changed them 
> earlier, plus your shondss= statement if needed.
>
> 7) Hit B to boot and let 3.0 roll with whatever you added.
>
> (note: I 'borrowed' this from the Tivo Forum...)
>
> 
>
> Mark
> --
> 'Shut up, Big-booty, you coward! You are the weakest individual I ever 
> know!' --> Lord John Whorfin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Loftis [mailto:mloftis@w...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 4:05 PM
> To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ExtractStream] Re: 3.0 and TyTool
>
> Well I'll be damned.... The TiVo apparently got itself a DHCP
> lease and it is on the net, ish.... Now to see if I can DO
> anything witht hat... 
>
> Quote from the thread I posted above....
>
> Some quick hints: your DHCP server must be running and properly
> configured, and your dongle must be plugged in, at the time that the
> Series 2 system boots, in order for the interface to work... there's
> no "hot-plug" support yet. You must enter the special ",#401"
> non-documented phone-dialing prefix to enable daily calls via
> Ethernet. Once you've entered this code, daily calls will take place
> via Ethernet or not at all... there's no fallback to the modem if the
> USB Ethernet dongle is disconnected, or your Internet connection goes
> down, or etc.
>
>
> enduote
>
> So lets see what happens when I enter ,#401 as the prefix....AND
> IT WORKS!!!
> WOOT WOOOT WOOT!
> Now to get a shell prompt YUMMY....
>
> Rob Royse wrote:
>
>> Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that
>> with the 3.0 software, there is a backdoor code than enables
>> "unofficial" support for the Tivo/TurboNet cards so that the days
>> of taking the Tivo down, removing the drive, and manually adding
>> the lines to rc.sysinit are gone. Is that not the case?
>>
>> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Loftis [ mailto:mloftis@w... ]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:47 PM
>> To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [ExtractStream] Re: 3.0 and TyTool
>>
>> 
>>
>> Well...Sometime in the last 3-4 days my TiVo got borged to 3.0 as
>> well. *growl* Now I've gotta get everything back installed
>> before my guide data runs out (I've beend oing updates over
>> broadband) -- Once I've got the TiVoNet reinstalled I'll try to
>> give a success/fail report on the newer alpha 4 with the patched
>> now showing.
>>
>> jewser wrote:
>>
>>--- In ExtractStream@y..., "Karl" <kfeltner@b...> <mailto:kfeltner@b...> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Well TIVO sent thru the 3.0 upgrade yesterday.... so it's back to 
>>>
>>square one. I must say the unit config'd in a snap to use TivoNet for 
>>
>>daily updates over broadband. (I use DHCP on my home network)
>>
>>>Has anyone installed the usual tools (other than TivoWeb) ftp, 
>>>
>>TyTool etc? Any problems I should be aware of? Does not having 
>>
>>tivoweb (generating an html page/info) cause any problems with 
>>
>>TyTool? I don't use that feature anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>>Yeah there are people using 3.0. I still have not been upgraded so I 
>>
>>am not one of them. As a result. The NowShowing.tcl file that I use 
>>
>>with TyTool no longer works. But you go to the same sticky thread on 
>>
>>the DealDatabase.com/forum you will find a version specifically 
>>
>>upgraded for 3.0 by someone else. I have no way to test it but the 
>>
>>author of the changes and many other have reported complete success 
>>
>>using this new version.
>>
>>
>>
>>--jdiner
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