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TAR issues with tivo-bin.tar
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Posted by: stevejenkins

I'm having trouble getting the tivo-bin.tar file to untar on my TiVo. I'm hacking another SVR-2000, and with the previous 2 TiVos I've hacked, I had created a /var/hack/bin dir, untarred the tivo-bin.tar file on my Windows client with WinZip, then FTP'd the binaries over one by one.

This time, I copied the tivo-bin.tar.gz file (as well as the joe tar.gz file) from a floppy to /var/hack while the A drive was mounted in a PC.

Now that I'm telnetted into the TiVo, I've been able to unzip and untar joe no problem, and I've unzipped tivo-bin.tar.gz no problem. The tar binary is in /var/hack, as is the tarball I'm trying to untar. But when I try to do "./tar -xv tivo-bin.tar" it just hangs - for a LONG time, until I hit CTRL-C to break out of it.

Anyone seen this before? Ideas?

Posted by: demark

Does "tar vfx tivo-bin.tar" work?

Posted by: stevejenkins

nope - it doesn't like the "f" in there.

TiVo1: {/var/hack} % tar vfx tivo-bin.tar
tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next file header
TiVo1: {/var/hack} %

and "tar vx tivo-bin.tar" just hangs....... for-ev-er.... and ev-er.....

Posted by: v8q

quote:
Originally posted by stevejenkins
nope - it doesn't like the "f" in there.

TiVo1: {/var/hack} % tar vfx tivo-bin.tar
tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next file header
TiVo1: {/var/hack} %

and "tar vx tivo-bin.tar" just hangs....... for-ev-er.... and ev-er.....

If you do not give the "f" key, tar does not know what you want to untar.
Your command appears to be telling tar to read the default device - which is usually a tape drive.

tar -xvf tivo-bin.tar should be the command you want.

Posted by: stevejenkins

v8q: I agree. That SHOULD be what I want. But it doesn't work. That's the first command I tried this morning. Here's what happens:

TiVo1: {~} % tar -xvf tivo-bin.tar
tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next file header
TiVo1: {~} %

And I've verified that the tarball is good by ftp-ing it FROM the TiVo to my PC and opening it with WinZip.

Anyone see something simple I'm missing?

Posted by: demark

Are you FTPing the file as a binary or ascii file? If you don't transfer the file as binary, you could corrupt the file.

- Tony

Posted by: stevejenkins

Binary, of course. I send the .gz file over as binary, and then gunzip -d it, then try to untar it. I send the joe2.8.tar.gz file over during the same FTP session, and everything was FINE with it.

Strange!

Posted by: MighTiVo

have you tried cpio -H

Posted by: stevejenkins

TiVo1: {~} % cpio -H tivo-bin.tar
cpio: invalid archive format `tivo-bin.tar'; valid formats are:
crc newc odc bin ustar tar (all-caps also recognized)
TiVo1: {~} %

I KNOW the tarball is good! To verify again, I ftp'd to my TiVo, dl'd tivo-bin.tar, and was able to open it with WinZip. I then uploaded the exact same file to a BSDI box, and was able to untar it there with tar -xvf.

What gives?

BTW - this same thing happens on BOTH my Sony SVR-2000s.

Posted by: stevejenkins

BINGO! We have a winner.

Thanks, MuscleNerd. That worked. But I wonder why it didn't work with the tar command, when I have been unable to untar other stuff using that syntax (tar -xvf tarball.tar).

Anyway, this worked great, and I'll use it in my new howto. Thanks!

Posted by: philhu

Hi

Where is tar for native use on tivo?

It is not in the tivo-bin tarball....

Pointer for it would be appreciated

Thanks!

Posted by: kazymyr

quote:
Originally posted by philhu
Hi

Where is tar for native use on tivo?

It is not in the tivo-bin tarball....

Pointer for it would be appreciated

Thanks!

Check my homepage, verified to work, in various formats for download, whichever floats your boat. :)

Posted by: stevejenkins

Kaz:

Yours is the one I was using, but it chokes on the tivo-bin.tar on both my systems. Works great with a bunch of other tarballs. Are you able to get it to untar with your tar?

Posted by: MighTiVo

I use the one here:

http://pvrhack.sonnik.com/tivo/down...ols-1.12.tar.gz

Posted by: kazymyr

quote:
Originally posted by stevejenkins
Kaz:

Yours is the one I was using, but it chokes on the tivo-bin.tar on both my systems. Works great with a bunch of other tarballs. Are you able to get it to untar with your tar?

Huh... I'm pretty sure it worked the last time I used it. Is there something special about your tarball? I'm not sure, but I think I compiled this one myself, long, long ago.