How to replace two smaller drives in Series2 with single drive?

[MauriceV]

I have a series 2 Tivo that came with a 40 GB drive to which I added a
second, 120GB drive as soon as I received the unit. After a few years
of use, at least one of those drives appears to be crashing. Im
thinking about replacing both drives with a single, 300GB drive. How
hard would it be to go from two drives to a single drive? Should I
prepare the drive as per normal, then copy everything from the primary
drive (the 40GB one) to the new 300GB drive? I have already copied the
recorded programs want to keep from the TiVo to a PC, and I wouldn't
mind going through the "What To Record" bit again, so I don't really
have to keep my recorded programs and settings - although I would
prefer to keep those.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. I have the latest version of the TiVo software, whatever that is
(7.2?).

P.P.S. I have a USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter in the TiVo, which
transfers shows to my PC at about 8 Mbps. Since this is USB 2.0, I
don;t think the bottleneck is at the USB end; it must be within the
TiVo software itself. Any chance of installing a NIC in the TiVo unit
(or aklternatively, hacking the software) to make transfers run at
something closer to 100Mbps?

[Mike Hunt]

On 2006-03-08, MauriceV > wrote:
> I have a series 2 Tivo that came with a 40 GB drive to which I added a
> second, 120GB drive as soon as I received the unit. After a few years
> of use, at least one of those drives appears to be crashing. Im
> thinking about replacing both drives with a single, 300GB drive. How
> hard would it be to go from two drives to a single drive? Should I
> prepare the drive as per normal, then copy everything from the primary
> drive (the 40GB one) to the new 300GB drive? I have already copied the
> recorded programs want to keep from the TiVo to a PC, and I wouldn't
> mind going through the "What To Record" bit again, so I don't really
> have to keep my recorded programs and settings - although I would
> prefer to keep those.

Just follow the same instructions/directions you originally followed when
you added the 120GB drive. That same thing (Hinsdale FAQ) tells you how
to do what you want to do.

> P.P.S. I have a USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter in the TiVo, which
> transfers shows to my PC at about 8 Mbps. Since this is USB 2.0, I
> don;t think the bottleneck is at the USB end; it must be within the
> TiVo software itself. Any chance of installing a NIC in the TiVo unit
> (or aklternatively, hacking the software) to make transfers run at
> something closer to 100Mbps?

If you have a hackable box, certainly. What TiVo model do you have?

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[MauriceV]

On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:38:48 -0000, Mike Hunt >
wrote:

>On 2006-03-08, MauriceV > wrote:
>> I have a series 2 Tivo that came with a 40 GB drive to which I added a
>> second, 120GB drive as soon as I received the unit. After a few years
>> of use, at least one of those drives appears to be crashing. Im
>> thinking about replacing both drives with a single, 300GB drive. How
>> hard would it be to go from two drives to a single drive? Should I
>> prepare the drive as per normal, then copy everything from the primary
>> drive (the 40GB one) to the new 300GB drive? I have already copied the
>> recorded programs want to keep from the TiVo to a PC, and I wouldn't
>> mind going through the "What To Record" bit again, so I don't really
>> have to keep my recorded programs and settings - although I would
>> prefer to keep those.
>
>Just follow the same instructions/directions you originally followed when
>you added the 120GB drive. That same thing (Hinsdale FAQ) tells you how
>to do what you want to do.
>
>> P.P.S. I have a USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter in the TiVo, which
>> transfers shows to my PC at about 8 Mbps. Since this is USB 2.0, I
>> don;t think the bottleneck is at the USB end; it must be within the
>> TiVo software itself. Any chance of installing a NIC in the TiVo unit
>> (or aklternatively, hacking the software) to make transfers run at
>> something closer to 100Mbps?
>
>If you have a hackable box, certainly. What TiVo model do you have?

Thanks for the quick response. I have the 240040.

[Joe Smith]

MauriceV wrote:
> I have a series 2 Tivo that came with a 40 GB drive to which I added a
> second, 120GB drive as soon as I received the unit. After a few years
> of use, at least one of those drives appears to be crashing. Im
> thinking about replacing both drives with a single, 300GB drive. How
> hard would it be to go from two drives to a single drive? Should I
> prepare the drive as per normal, then copy everything from the primary
> drive (the 40GB one) to the new 300GB drive?

Just run mfsbackup with the names of the two existing disks and
pipe that into mfsrestore going to the new disk.

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com/index.php

-Joe

[Randy S.]

>> If you have a hackable box, certainly. What TiVo model do you have?
>
> Thanks for the quick response. I have the 240040.
>
>

Yes, that should be a hackable model.

Randy s.