Series 3 upgrade question

[Merrick]

Sorry if this is a question that's been asked 20 times, but assuming I have a new SATA drive, a computer that will accomodate two SATA drives, and a bootable CD drive... is weaknees_sata.iso all I need to format the new drive and transfer the system and contents of the existing drive to the new drive?

If not, what else do I need?

Also, any pitfalls to watch out for?

Thanks...

[WK-Michael]

Yes, that should do it. Just use the instructions here:

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com

[Merrick]

Michael... everything worked perfectly. Since I connected the original drive to SATA0 and the new drive to SATA1 on my motherboards, the original drive was sda and the new drive was sdb - not a surprise to most, I'm sure. But I think that you guys ought to add a reference to the cat command describing how people doing their own upgrades can use that to be sure which drive is which.

Up to a full terabyte, now. And my Series 3 that had given up trying to record TiVo Suggestions weeks ago due to space limitations on my old 250 GB drive recorded *25* suggestions over the weekend.

I got a good laugh out of that.

Now I can keep the three HD LOTR movies and all of Firefly HD on my TiVo without crippling it!

Thanks again...

[WK-Michael]

Glad it worked!

We probably do need something there to help with drive IDs.