Seems (fingers/toes crossed) the problem was the LBA48 support was removed by the upgrade (it's a 160gig drive). It was suggested on TC that I needed to reinstal the kernel because the "C" upgrade set it back to TiVo default. Thanks to your MFSTOOLS LBA48 version ISO file it took but a second to do. :) I'm hoping that's all it was because if not it probably means my ~3 month new drive is hosed.

Are you updating IC with a "C" based image ? I'd like to have one around "just in-case."

tivoupgrade said:

Its definitely NOT an InstantCake issue; InstantCake is simply a set of 'scripts' that allow you to build a replacement drive that is equivalent to the NetReady drives we ship -- since that has been up and running in your TiVo for sometime now, its clear that its not an InstantCake problem, which is why others have had problems similar to yours, even though their drives may not have been prepared with InstantCake.

The problem you are having may very well be a hard drive failure (you should run diagnostics on the drive to determine this). It may seem like a coincidence, but its probably not - your unit just downloaded a new version of software and now you are using a portion of the disk that hasn't been used before - it could have bad sectors on it. We have seen drive failures after softare upgrades, due to this.

Well, in my case it seemed to work fine ... and it still is 3.1.0c. :) I think the TiVo software and the Linux Kernel are "apples and oranges." Kind of like how Windows XP relates to Microsoft Office. I'm sure Lou will give you the official answer though.

cxgrant said:

After the 3.1.0c update, is it really OK to reinstall the kernel with LBA48 support compiled for 3.1.0b? Does this set the software version back to 3.1.0b--meaning TiVo will update to "c" again during a daily call?

In any case, does PTVupgrade plan to have a 3.1.0c kernel compiled with LBA48 support available for download?

Chris

The "Instant Cake" CD does all that for you. You need to do nothing else. My problem was after the upgrade from TiVo I had to redo the LBA48 kernel.

Andrepartthree said:

Hi Mister Ed, I was having the exact same problem with my brand new 160 GB hard drive so the solution you mentioned would help me out a LOT... when you mention the MFSTOOLS LBA48 version ISO file are you referring to the one found at this website, http://www.ptvupgrade.com/support/bigdisk/ ... and if so did you perhaps use the PTVupgrade LBA48 MFStools 2.0 ISO CD on your hard drive after using the InstantCake CD?... or did you use some other method to overcome this problem?.... if you could let me know I would be SO grateful!... if you're reading this thank you so much for your time and attention...