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Drive layout & instructions for backing up
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Posted by: Marko

I am trying to make super easy instructions for backing up a single Tivo drive with MFSTOOLS. Do these instrutions look ok? Most important of all, are the Unix commands correct for the drive layout? If these instructions are accurate, they will be very handy for newbies (and people like me).

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How to back up a single Tivo Drive with Kazymyr's Boot CD:

1. Attach drives as shown in the illustration (see attachment).

2. Adjust your computer's boot order so it can boot from the CDROM. Boot from a copy of Kazymyr's Boot CD.

3. ISOLINUX will boot up and it will pause at the boot: prompt; press Enter to start the default setup.

4. When you see the message "TBD login:." Type 'root' and press enter

5. At the "#/" prompt, type the following:

mkdir /mnt/dos
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos

6. the "#/" prompt, type the following:

mfstool backup -6so /mnt/dos/backup1.bak /dev/hdc

7. When the back up is done type:

umount -f -a -r

8. Type "halt"

9. Wait until it reads, "System halted," then turn off the PC.

Posted by: stevel

Is this supposed to be an improvement over the Hinsdale How-To?

The "jumpering diagram" doesn't actually show jumpering, which is the thing most people have problems with. Of course, jumpers vary among drives, making a universal reference difficult.

Posted by: Marko

I think the Hinsdale-how to is excellent, so I don't claim I have anything better. I just thought it would be helpful if the drive layout was a little more explicit. If I recall correctly, the Hinsdale how to only only hints at the correct placement of the CDROM drive.

As for the jumpering, you quite right. Folks are on their own there. At least the drive manufacture sites generally have some easy to understand diagrams or the drive has a digram printed on the label.