Registered: Aug 2002
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Upgrading with in Windows with Linux partition

My upgraded Tivo recently received the green screen of death and I tried to test and repair my tivo on a linux box, but the bios doesn't seem to be able to handle the 80gig drives I have to check and repair.

Is it possible to run a Linux partition on a Windows machine to re format and install all the new software on my Tivo Hardrives? If so, what software would you reccomomend and what other advice might you give.?. Thanks!!

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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
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You would normally do this sort of job with MFS Tools (see Hinsdale's post above). MFS Tools is available on a bootable CD or floppy which boots into a Linux environment modified to be able to read the TiVo disks (although MFS Tools itself does not require this support - you can run it from any Linux install).

You can therefore use your Windows box. Linux has read-only support for NTFS, so you can't create backups on NT/2k/XP drives formatted that way (and Windows NT/2k/XP will destroy a TiVo drive if it boots when one is connected!).

However, the important thing is not whether the BIOS detects your 80Gb drive, but whether Linux does (use dmesg | more to review the boot log). You might have to set the BIOS to 'None' for this to happen.

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