USSoftwareAdjustments
From NLTiVo
This howto is based on adjusting the Australian ozTiVo-image v1.4 beta (20050524) which should be available for download here.
First download the image and write it to your TiVo-harddrive, using this howto. Make sure you configure networking properly, so you can connect to the TiVo once the drive has been mounted (or you can make the adjustments when running the installer-cd, mounting the partition (/dev/hdx6) from the shell). Also make sure the correct ip-address for the emulator is entered (you can obtain it through the mailinglist).
Boot your TiVo and follow the guided setup. Use the correct ZIP-code and area-code for your provider (also obtainable through the mailinglist). Let the TiVo finish it's first indexing (takes a couple of hours).
Now we need to adjust the time-settings and our palmod-configuration file:
Download a special version of rdate (binary or source) and place it via ftp in /hack/bin/.
Now create a file named 'fixtivotime' in /var/hack/bin/ with the following content:
#!/bin/sh # Stop time warp messages touch /var/timestamp # Set the time to time server with appropriate timezone offset #/tvbin/settime `rtimetz -v 207.126.98.204 207.126.98.204 129.6.15.28 131.107.1.10` # Now set hardware clock #/tvbin/settime -rtc # Let's do it all at once: TZ=Europe/Amsterdam /var/hack/bin/rdate -vs 207.126.98.204 129.6.15.28 # A list of public time servers in case the ones above stops working: #time-a.nist.gov 129.6.15.28 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland #time-b.nist.gov 129.6.15.29 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland #time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.101 NIST, Boulder, Colorado #time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.102 NIST, Boulder, Colorado #time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.103 NIST, Boulder, Colorado #utcnist.colorado.edu 128.138.140.44 University of Colorado, Boulder #time.nist.gov 192.43.244.18 NCAR, Boulder, Colorado #time-nw.nist.gov 131.107.1.10 Microsoft, Redmond, Washington #nist1.datum.com 66.243.43.21 Datum, San Jose, California #nist1-dc.glassey.com 216.200.93.8 Abovenet, Virginia #nist1-ny.glassey.com 208.184.49.9 Abovenet, New York City #nist1-sj.glassey.com 207.126.98.204 Abovenet, San Jose, California #nist1.aol-ca.truetime.com 207.200.81.113 TrueTime, AOL facility, Sunnyvale, California #nist1.aol-va.truetime.com 205.188.185.33 TrueTime, AOL facility, Virginia exit 0
Make sure 'fixtivotime' is executable (chmod +x).
Adjust the TiVo-crontab (/hack/etc/crontab) and make sure fixtivotime is run at 02:10 and 03:10 (at night), to handle Daylight Saving Time changes (the first is for summertime, the second for wintertime).
10 02 * * * fixtivotime 10 03 * * * fixtivotime
Replace 'ntpdate' by deleting it and creating a symlink to /var/hack/bin/fixtivotime. Replacement is needed, because this image contains a specially crafted version of 'ntpdate' to handle Australian time-zones. We are not going to use that:
[TiVo [p0] /]# rw File system is now READ/WRITE. [TiVo [p0] /]# cd /bin [TiVo [p0] /bin]# mv ntpdate ntpdate.backup [TiVo [p0] /bin]# ln -s /hack/bin/fixtivotime ntpdate [TiVo [p0] /bin]# ro File system is now READ ONLY.
Now make sure Palmod knows where to find your stations. Do the 'rw' trick from the command-line. Upload a working 'palmod.conf'-file to /etc/ on your TiVo (again obtainable through the mailinglist). Type 'ro' on the command-line. Reboot.
Hint: To increase the stability of your TiVo, I would recommend commenting all the services you are not going to use from rc.sysinit.author (in /etc/rc.d/). The less services you run, the more stable your TiVo will be.
Optional: comment the line: report-ip from rc.sysinit.author, to prevent receiving a message at every boot regarding the obtained ip-address.
