Repeating Booting Cycle

[pozer69]

I used the interactive guide with the tivo tools iso bc my dual hdd tivo was getting a lot of "scrambled" images and freezing on my TIVO 24004A. I ran a hdd test on the hdds and there were bad sectors. I purchased a new Seagate hdd (500gb) and tried the following:

mfsbackup -f 9999 -so - /dev/hda /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdd

Now when I boot up Tivo it keeps booting the boot equence "Powering Up" and "A Few More Minutes"

I don't know what else to try. I dont have the original image from the original non upgraded Tivo.

[WK-Michael]

We can format the drive with the right OS for you:

http://www.weaknees.com/misc.php

Otherwise, you need to find someone with a good copy of the OS for your model.

[pozer69]

Is that my only option? Why isn't the OS copying correctly??

[WK-Michael]

Because the old drive is damaged. That's why you've been getting scrambled images.

[pozer69]

Can I download a copy of the OS or do I have to send the hard drive in? I wanted my Tivo back up and running asap. I am pretty computer savy and I have no problems working outside of windows.

[WK-Michael]

With us, the only way is to send it in for formatting.