Cake won't bake for DSR6000R01: DVRplayground

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October 24, 2004 1:38 AM

I would try the manual process in this post, however, unless you get to the point of not being able to reboot leave out the -b parameter. This process will perform all of the configuration manually with the exception of the icing.

The icing command is /.flash/PTVflash I believe. If that isn't correct you can get the command by using the command more /cdrom/.live/bin/PTVbake. This command will display the PTVbake script. Use the space bar to go down to the "Are you back to do the icing" question. After that prompt, the next script executed is the one you want to do the icing.

By doing the commands manually you'll get more direct feedback from the commands to the Linux console. That feedback probably will help you figure out what is going on. Of course, it just might work manually too.

Dale Engle

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October 24, 2004 2:01 AM

tivoupgrade please respond.

tivoupgrade, you need to be aware that you may have some quality control issues, at least for the DSR6000R01 CD.

I just found that other Series 2 InstantCake CD and it performed flawlessly, so I know my computer setup is OK. I then turned off my computer and inserted the InstantCake CD for the DSR6000R01 and once again it hung up at:

Just hit and we will begin baking your InstantCake.

So I have to deduct that the problem is with the InstantCake CD for the DSR6000R01. How can I get one that works, tivoupgrade?

Dale,
Thanks for your input but which post are you referring to? And how do I bail out of the setup routine if the entire process hangs at "Just hit ...? . Once I get that information, I can try that tomorrow, thanks again.

It's late and I'm going to sleep now. At least I have identified the problem through this process of elimination.

rudiger

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October 24, 2004 11:14 AM

Sorry about that. This post...

http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/null/

Since you have to bail out that early you'll also have to mount the cdrom. The command to do that is in the /etc/rc.d/rc.S script. I forget what it is, but I looked at it yesterday.

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October 24, 2004 6:21 PM

Something is definetly wrong with the script.

I have noticed that my keyboard lights up upon the computer powerup and when the CD is loading the Linux (the boot prompt) it sees the devices but then the lights on the keyboard go off.

BTW, I have tried this with both a Microsoft and Dell keyboard. I figured that why I can't press enter at the necessary page, because the keyboard is deactivated. Is there any way I can step through the boot? I think if I can step through each device line I can see when the keyboard dies.

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October 24, 2004 9:49 PM

got it to work

This won't be a solution for everyone.

As I mentioned earlier, I also have a Series2 Instant Cake CD. Since I don't lose the keyboard function with that, I used that to boot the IsoLinux. When I got to that magic line:

Just hit and we will begin baking you InstantCake,

I swapped the CD's and inserted the DSR6000R01 InstantCakeCD. I was then able to bake the cake.

I had to repeat the procedure to "put the icing".

I'm 99.9% sure that something is wrong with the script on the DSR6000R01 CD, that something disables the keyboard.

rudiger :o :cool:

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March 7, 2005 9:37 PM

Just an update to the particular problem of nothing happening after hitting "enter". I ran into this problem too, and very nearly threw my computer through the window (tech burnout). What I figured out though was that my PS2 keyboard was hooked up through a KVM switch that was tied into my PC via a USB hub. I just connected the keyboard correctly and it solved the problem.

I hope that my experience helps someone else!

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