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Step By Step HDD Upgrade Guide?
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Posted by: [Darkend]Viper

Hi all.

Just got my TIVO and want to add more storage space to it. Could someone point me in the right direction to a step by step guide?

It's a 1 drive UK Thomson tivo. I just want to add a 120Gb drive for now. How hard is this?

Would you recommend that i replace the original drive?

Thanks

Ste

Posted by: Robert S

Definitely replace the drive.

Fatbloke's Upgrade Diary. Follow his original upgrade if you want to keep his recordings, but instead of steps 3,4 and 5, boot MFS Tools 2.0 and do

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdc | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xpi - /dev/hdb

Posted by: LouCipher

I am not familiar with all of the mfsrestore options - what does the -r 4 option do exactly? I have not seen this option in an upgrade guide or thread before.

D

Posted by: cboone

I'm getting ready to do my upgrade...

That fatbloke's diary RobertS mentioned above is nice and clear, and it's a lovely step-by-step addition to Hinsdale... Lots of pics, screenshots, etc...

I see he did this on a standalone... Is the process and code exactly the same for a DirecTivo?

thanks!

cb
(SAT-T60)

(I'm referring to his NEW upgrade... not worried about recordings...)

thanks!

Posted by: Robert S

The -r option sets the block size for the partitions created in the expansion process. The default is -r 2, which appears to make for a faster TiVo. -r 4 makes even larger blocks and appears to be safe, although it's not clear if it gives a real benefit.

The upgrade procedures are all very similar in the important respects. The precise command lines and other details do vary, so check Hinsdale for any special instructions that apply to your model.

Fatbloke's Diary details upgrades of UK (standalone) TiVoes.

Posted by: Imageek2

quote:
Originally posted by cboone

I see he did this on a standalone... Is the process and code exactly the same for a DirecTivo?

Take a look at this thread. I used it to upgrade my T60.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...&threadid=82846