pgoodell said:

I have the SD-DVR80 with the current 6.2
It is a single drive that is copied from the orignal 80GB using msftools

after the terms agreement I get the message

PTVupgrade PTVnet 1.0 CD - Series2 DirectTV TiVo running 6.2
Found 6 MFS partitions
crc mismatch len=512 0xffffffff 0xce57ca975
sector wrong in zone (68353024 -1)
Usage : grep [OPTION].. PATTERN [FILE]...
Try 'grep --help' for more information
FOUND 6 MFS partitions
crc mismatch len=512 0xffffffff 0xe57ca975
sector wrong in zone (68353024 -1)

Cannot determin Tivo Software Version. Installation Aborted!

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

Unable to install on 6.2 as well

I had the same installation problem, which I've noticed mentioned several times lately on this forum. I detailed my problem in this post a few days ago. http://www.dvrplayground.com/comment/null/?type=4&postcount=117
To summarize, I have a Samsung SIR-S4120R running 6.2. I copied the drive to a new larger hard drive and expanded capacity and it works great. It just won't take the PTVNet upgrade. I never received any response in the forum, from the Support Center, or to the feedback I submitted. So, I did some more boning up at some other forums and figured out how to do some of the upgrades myself using PTV's LBA48 boot disk. Now I have telnet, ftp, and TivoWebPlus 1.0. on this unit, along with some other nice things. So I guess I"m batting .500 but I'd like to be batting 1.000 . I really wish I could have all the full features offerred on the PTVNet disk. Is there any possible other solution besides 'clear and delete everything' on the tivo for the 'Cannot determine TiVo software version'. Installation aborted.' issue? It's not worth doing for me yet since the original reason I bought a larger hard drive was that I needed more space.

I tried a 'clear and delete everything' on my problem tivo unit, the SIR-S4120R and PTVUpgrade still didn't take. I still got the 'Cannot determine TiVo software version. Installation aborted' message. I then tried to install the upgrade on my 2nd HDVR2 unit, after having success on the first one. But this unit wouldn't take the upgrade either. So, I manually upgraded these units with help from PTV LB48 disk and other places to get telnet, ftp, HMO and MRV. If anybody ever finds a work around for this error I'd be happy to hear about it. So far, PTVUpgrade has failed on 2 of my 3 units.

Could you please expand on the "If you are comfortable with vi, you can go do the /package directory on the CDROM (once booted up) and edit the PTVnet script which lives in /bin -- comment out (or delete) the line that looks like this:

export TPM_NO_PROMPTS=ON" below?

I am having similar problem. I am sure I have a completely installed 6.2 - it indicates so in the system info, and it has all the new features.

If I do the above, will let you know how it comes out.

Thanks - I understand that, what I meant were the specific procedures for editing the package after booting up, either in the reply body or a link to some other posts.

Well, I followed your advice and found a real handy guide on-line. Then opened up PTVnet script and deleted "export TPM_NO_PROMPTS=ON" and viewed the file to be sure.

It now asks if I want to run the PTVnet file (yes only) so I said yes. Still getting the cannot determine software version abort message....

I will further check the installation to make sure 6.2 is fully active per other posts. If not (at this point, I am hoping it is not), I will re-install it in the Dtivo and let it make some more calls and downloads (although I got the message saying welcome to 6.2 and its new features - and they all work).

Glad you told me to check out vi myself - it will be useful in the future.

I think this statement is incorrect....

tivoupgrade said:

Something is corrupt on your drive...