RE: Re: NOW Doh.. Killed Tivo WAS Tivo / Linux command

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

dodgy IDE/power cable? does another HDD work okay on the machine?

Dave



-----Original Message-----
From: David [mailto:david.paterson@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 September 2004 13:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: NOW Doh.. Killed Tivo WAS Tivo / Linux command



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Lee" <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> When you say it get stuck, how? Does it just sit there?
>
> If so, you prob. haven't adjusted the master/slave jumper on the
drive, IIRC
> the Tivo drive is set to cable select, if you have another drive on
the
> cable set to master, it'll get lost in the detect...
>
> HOWEVER, DO NOT JUST BOOT YOUR PC WITH THE TIVO DRIVE
CONNECTED !!!!!
>
> If you're running Win2k/XP and it boots, it'll find your Tivo drive
and
> "fix" the partition table to Microsoft's spec, which will
break it -
the
> Tivo won't boot again. You need to boot with PC from a Tivo Boot CD
like
> MFSTools.
>
> Sorry, if I'm pointing out the obvious, but better safe than
sorry....
>
> Lee

Hi Lee, I think my problem is different from Paul Smith's.

I've checked the master/slave settings (and tried it in both modes)
but when the BIOS is doing its disk checks, and it goes through "auto-
detecting master 1, slave 1, master 2 etc." sequence, it stops on the
Tivo disk, whatever I've attached it as, and just won't go any
further.

If I drop into the BIOS at boot (pressing DEL) I can change the disk
type to LBA, Normal, Auto or Large, but none of them work.

I've also tried hooking up the original Tivo disk, which has been
stored away in case of emergencies, and the PC won't detect it either!

This is on my old Win98 system, which was used to do the upgrades,
and with the MFStools CD in the drive.  It boots to MFStools OK
without the Tivo disk attached.

I've never run across this kind of problem before, so I'm a bit
mystified by it.

David P.