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Re did mfsrestore and STILL have GSOD
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Posted by: no2com

Robert S was kind enough to point out that I increased the swap by too much. Instead of trying to figure out how to fix it on the fly I did a mfsrestore for the second time. This time using:

mfsbackup -aqo - /dev/hdc /dev/hdd | mfsrestore -s 127 - xpi - /dev/hda /dev/hdb

That seemed to work fine. I put the two new drives in the Tivo and I'm still getting the GSOD.

Is it possible that the two "older" drives are corrupt and doing the mfsrestore is copying the corruption over? Or does mfsrestore not over write the first restore (the one with too much swamp?)

Are there any other diag. tools I can use? All four drives work. I've even replace the IDE cable. (Making certain to put drive A on the tail end of the cable and B in the middle).

Posted by: Robert S

Does the GSOD stay up this time?

Posted by: no2com

It did initially. I got frustrated and had to run a few errands, so I left. When I came back, Tivo was up and running with all my shows!
Thank you for your help.