[TriLUG] Series 2 TIVO mods?

[Michael Hrivnak]

I recently did exactly this to a Series 2 Directv TiVo.  The problem is that 
the startup sequence checks for any modifications and such, and so you cannot 
just mount the drive and start making changes.  The process for getting them 
hacked is fairly elaborate to disable the security measures and encryption.

I also used the latest version of the sleeper iso, which is now called 
tivoscripts1_02.iso.  I went through and just did most of the defaults.

http://dopeman.org/directivo/archive/tivoscripts1_02.zip

I also suggest reading the following to get some understanding of what that 
iso will do.

http://generationtivo.com/monteguide.html
http://www.weethet.nl/english/tivo_dtv2_hacksleeper.php#whatweneed

Definitely leave your original tivo drive untouched and copy everything onto a 
larger drive.  The above scripts will take care of that for you.

I was able to purchase a Belkin F5D5050 USB adapter for $11 shipped from some 
random place online, and it works great.

Happy hacking!

Michael


On Friday 12 November 2004 04:18 pm, Bill Vinson wrote:
> The USB ports can be enabled on a DirecTiVo, but it does require
> hacking. I have an HDVR-2 with 110 Hrs of space and a working USB nic
> (NetGear I think). It is actually a simple process using what I
> believe was called the Sleeper ISO. Check the various forums and you
> should find info on that ISO. The process only gets slightly more
> difficult if you want to A. Not upgrade to a new drive (Hacking your
> original TiVo drive is a BAD idea) or B. Want to retain your original
> recordings rather than starting over...
>
> I can probably help further, but it has been a while since I did it.
> TiVocommunity.com is your friend, but access to the raw recordings is
> a taboo subject. It can be done, however, they will not tolerate the
> discussion of it. I just use mine for extra space and the nice
> TiVoweb+ web ui.
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:22:33 -0500, Scott G. Hall
>
> <scottghall at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Has anyone been able to enable the USB ports on their Series 2 TIVOs,
> > DirecTV versions?
> >
> > I am trying to duplicate other model TIVO mods where a network interface
> > is added via the USB port.  This would allow my TIVO to access updates
> > and program schedules via the web rather than dialup.
> >
> > The other intent is to access the MPEG-2 files stored within the TIVO
> > via another Linux box in another room.
> >
> > Note: the online TIVO forums are mostly mum on DirecTV versions of
> > series 2.  And I haven't bothered to mount the drive in my Linux box
> > directly yet to tweak around it -- I was hoping for someone else to
> > have done it first.  (I tweaked my cousin's series 1 TIVO quite easily,
> > it was just a Slackware Linux on an old kernel and missing a lot of
> > drivers and files -- easily mounted and added to; ext2 root filesystem)
> >
> > --
> > Scott G. Hall
> > Raleigh, NC, USA
> > ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net