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Botched Series 2 (AT&T) Upgrade
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Posted by: canuck

Any kind sould out there willing to help me find an image for a Series 2 Tivo?

Pulled out the A drive from the TIVO, followed the Hinsdale guide to add an additiional 120 G B drive - but somehow managed to mess up the MFS_load_volume by booting my PC with the Tivo attached...

Drive config:
hda -> Pri Master -> C: Drive
hdb -> Pri Slave -> New 120 G drive
hdc -> Sec Master -> Tivo A Drive
hdd -> Sec Slave -> CD-ROM

Error messages from back-up command.

#mfsbackup -6so /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc10: success
mfs_load_volume_header: mfsvol_read_data: Input/output error
mfsbackup: Backup failed to startup. Make sure you specified the right devices and that the devices are not locked

Did the qunlock to make sure a couple of times - but the disk size always showed up correctly on Linux boot.

Tried plugging the A drive back in to the Tivo and powered it up, but all's I can see is that lovely grey "Powering Up. Please Wait..." message..

Any helpful pointers would be much appreciated....

Posted by: Robert S

There is a thread on restoring bootability to TiVoes damaged by the NT signature. I don't know if this can be made to work for S2's.

The drive will show as 10Mb if it's locked.

I do not think you'll locate an AT&TiVo image easily.