DirecTV R10 Upgrade Help Needed

[Snoopy]

I am upgrading my R10 DVR. I previously upgraded the 80 GB drive to a 200 GB drive and now I want to upgrade to a 500 GB drive. I am having a problem copying my 200 GB to the new 500 GB drive.
This is the command string I have been trying to use and it returns an error message stating that the destination drive is to small.

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdc | mfsrestore -r 4 -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hda

I was hoping to copy all my recordings and settings. The 200 GB is working, I just wanted more room for additional recordings

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.

P.S. Is there a chart describing all the switches for the mfsrestore and mfsbackup programs?

[Snoopy]

What exactly does this command line do?
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdb
Does it backup everything on the original drive?
Thanks

[WK-Jeff]

What exactly does this command line do?
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdb
Does it backup everything on the original drive?
Thanks

That command backs up everything EXCEPT recorded shows.

[Snoopy]

What command line do I need to backup everything?

[WK-Jeff]

You can't use any command line to do that if you have already upgraded from an 80gb to a 200gb. You have already expanded the partition once.

[Snoopy]

Jeff,
What's the best way to upgrade to 500 GB? Can I upgrade from the 200 GB without the recordings? I would like to keep all the other options like the Season Passes and the ToDo list or do I have to restore from my original 80 GB backup file?

Can I use these command lines to upgrade the 500 from the 200?

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hdb
mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -zxpi /mnt/backup.bak /dev/hda

Is there anyway to modify this command line so I can accomplish the same thing without the need for an additional FAT32 drive?

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -r 4 -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hda

Thanks

[WK-Michael]

You can do that - you'll get settings but no recordings.

You can modify the second one like this:

mfsbackup -so - /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -r 4 -s 127 -zxpi - /dev/hda

[Snoopy]

Michael,
Thanks for your help. I will give it a try later today. Is there anyway to copy the recordings over to the new drive after the upgrade?

[Snoopy]

I would like to mfsbackup and mfsrestore using a USB flash drive. Will mfstools see a USB flash drive?

[Snoopy]

I think I finally accomplished my task to upgrade without the recordings using a USB flask drive for the backup file. I had to use http://mfslive.org/forums/download/file.php?id=50 from Mfslive.org.

Here are the command lines I used.

Backup Command:

mount /dev/sda1 /dos
backup -f 9999 -so /dos/backup.bak /dev/hda
umount -f -a -r
Ctrl-Alt-Del
Turnoff computer

Restore Command:

mount /dev/sda1 /dos
restore -s 127 -r 4 -zxpi /dos/backup.bak /dev/hda
umount -f -a -r
Ctrl-Alt-Del
Turnoff computer

Everything seems to be working. All the previous recordings still show in the Now Playing List, but none of them work. Is there a fast way to delete all the recordings without deleting the Season Passes or the ToDo list?

[WK-Michael]

Just push "clear" on each one, and it should go into the "recently deleted" folder.

[Snoopy]

I have successfully upgraded my R10. Thanks to MFSLive.org and their WinMFS software, I was able to copy all my information including all recordings from my upgraded 200 GB drive to my new 500 GB drive. I used WinMFS Beta Build 9.3f. I ran WinMFS in Windows XP SP3. I used the MFScopy utility on WinMFS and then accepted the added capacity when asked and didn't have a problem. It took 1 hr and 15 min to copy 170 GB on an old Pentium III 1 ghz computer with 512 mb of ram. Using the Secondary IDE connection for both the source (slave) and destination drive (master). I ended up with 435 hours after the upgrade, I then ran MfsSupersize in WinMFS and got another 44 hours bring the total to 479 hours.

Never say never.