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DIRECTIVO Upgrade Question
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Posted by: dixho

Hi,

I have a DirecTivo question. I have a Sony SAT-T60. I replaced the original 40G HD by a 80G HD DTiVoMad 4.0. It has been working fine.

My DirecTivo is running out of space now. I am trying to do the same trick. (i.e. using DD to copy all from the 80G HD to 120G HD. Then, use DTiVoMad 4.0) Unfortunately, the DirecTivo does not recognize the extra 40G space (i.e. the DirecTivo only recognize the 120G HD as 80G HD). I am guessing that I cannot apply DTiVoMad 4.0 on an image which has been DTiVoMaded before. Am I correct?

I have tried to use Mfs Tools to restore the original image to the 120G HD. Then, I apply DTiVoMad. It works; however, I lost all the content. Is there a way to get around this?

TIA

Dixon

Posted by: Robert S

You're probably out of partitions on the A drive - you have a maximum of 16 and each upgrade creates another pair of partitions. If you're at 15 now, there's no way to upgrade and keep recordings.

If you're currently on 13 partitions, use MFS Tools 2.0's mfsadd function to expand.

Posted by: dixho

thanks for your tips. One more question. How do I check the number of partition in my drive A. I only upgrade it once. Thanks

Posted by: Robert S

If you boot in byteswapping mode (MFS Tools 2.0's byteswapping mode is broken, but any other TiVo boot disk will do) you'll see the partition table printed at boot (use dmesg | more to review the boot log).

Some Sony's start with 13 partitions, so their A drives can only be expanded once.

Posted by: GregA

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Some Sony's start with 13 partitions, so their A drives can only be expanded once.

I restored my backup onto a brand new 120Gb drive today, and I noticed it referenced something in the line of "HD14 and HD15" (I paraphrase).

I've got a Sony SAT-T60 and it appears that this is what you to. Can you direct me to someplace where I can learn more about this partition limitation? I'd like to consider adding another 120Gb drive in the enar future; will this be a problem? I'd like to get this resolved while I don't have any recording to lose...

Thanks!

Posted by: Robert S

Learn more about the limitation? There are 16 entries in the partition table, that's it!

You can manipulate the partition table with pdisk.

You might be able to revert to an 11-partition setup if you download an 11-partition backup - that would give you extra flexibility.

This shouldn't affect adding a B drive - that will have its own partition table with another 16 entries in it.