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Cannot restore. Embarassed. Need help.
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Posted by: jordanmd

Config:

Primary Master: CD ROM
Primary slave: TiVo drive
Secondary master: W2K boot (NTFS)
Secondary slave: W2k data containing my backup image (also NTFS).

I cannot seem to get a configuration of boot commands that will do the proper byteswapping on the proper drives (tivo drive only, I think) and allow me to mount the W2K disk that contains the backup.

It seems that this should just be a parm on the "boot" line, but I'm too stupid to discover it. I admin UNIX (not Linux) for a living and this is really embarrassing.

Further when I attempt to restore, mfstool cannot use the gzipped data file.

I've hosed my Tivo and this backup is all I've got. Please help.

Posted by: vertigo235

I dont think it supports NTFS.

Someone said it could be read only, but I'm not sure how to do that... but it's in here somewhere!

Edit: I had to create an extended partition to store my backup.

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- Jones
Running v2.0.1 on 30hr Philips.

[This message has been edited by vertigo235 (edited 09-13-2001).]

Posted by: GBL

You could probably burn the backup file onto a ISO 9660 CD and then restore it from your CD-Rom drive.

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GBL - 1 Sony (75hrs), 2 Philips (60 and 75hrs)
unpaid volunteer, TiVo army

Posted by: zaknafein

The boot CD supports NTFS, but in only a read-only capacity. (from what I've read, the kernel NTFS write module is still experimental and quite dangerous) You can mount the fs just like any other, but you can't copy anything to it.

I just had to find a spare small drive and stick it in my W2K box, format it with FAT32, then copy the backup to that drive. Another problem I had is that with the default boot options on the TBDCD Linux would not recognize the FAT32 partition. I had to boot with the "noswap" kernel in order for it to see it. Unfortunately, the backup I made in this mode gets stuck in a reboot loop. I looked at partition 4 on the TiVo drive to see if I could find any clues in /var/log ... only to find /var/log doesn't exist.

[This message has been edited by zaknafein (edited 09-14-2001).]

Posted by: hinsdale

quote:
Originally posted by zaknafein:
The boot CD supports NTFS, but in only a read-only capacity. (from what I've read, the kernel NTFS write module is still experimental and quite dangerous) You can mount the fs just like any other, but you can't copy anything to it.

I just had to find a spare small drive and stick it in my W2K box, format it with FAT32, then copy the backup to that drive. Another problem I had is that with the default boot options on the TBDCD Linux would not recognize the FAT32 partition. I had to boot with the "noswap" kernel in order for it to see it. Unfortunately, the backup I made in this mode doesn't seem to work, so I've got to try something else.

MFS Tools backup using the Boot CD nowswap boot option should work for you. Ive used it several times.

Posted by: hinsdale

quote:
Originally posted by GBL:
You could probably burn the backup file onto a ISO 9660 CD and then restore it from your CD-Rom drive.

This was an option that i would have suggested. Although i havent tested, as long as you mount the CD-Rom drive would think should work for you.