May 12, 2004 8:01 AM

peter said:

Just used instantcake to format new seagate drive (ST3120026A 120GB).
The upgrade proceeded to "depower computer don't forget to erase and restart" (something close to that). Installed in Sony 2000 and had the similar problem as sooner1 (You'r recorder is starting up please wait). The drive initially shows a sign of responding, but does not boot the TIVO
Peter

Sooner's issue was a drive compatibility issue - had nothing to do with InstantCake, it had to do with that particular drive working in your TiVo as an upgraded disk; have you tried a different hard drive?

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

May 12, 2004 11:30 AM

peter said:

Yes, originally I had two drives in the TIVO and wanted to convert it back to a single drive unit. Ocasionally the TIVO would freeze and have to be restarted (worked normally 99% of the time). The two drives were a Samsung SU1204H (master) and Maxtor 4D080H4 (slave). I formatted the previously working Samsung drive as a single drive with instantcake with the same results as I had using the new Seagate drive (TIVO waiting to start message, but no boot).
Peter

Could be jumper settings, a loose power cable, a loose IDE cable, a broken TiVo. If the drive was working before, and the InstantCake script completed without errors, then the problem is something specific about your configuration or the hardware you are using.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread