Re: downgrade hard drive

This can definitely be done; InstantCake (the 6.3 versions, but I
don't think the 3.1.5 versions) can use a drive smaller than the
original. We custom-built our release with a 'shrunken' image so it
is definitely doable.

--- In hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com, "Jeremy M" <jamraiven...> wrote:

> So shrkining the MFS partition is what I want to do. I figure there
> must be a way somehow.
>
>
> --- In hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com, "Henry A Harper III" <hah> wrote:
&gt; >
>; >
> > You can watch live OTA without D* service, but won't be any guide
> data at
> > all and you won't be scheduling any recordings. I think you can
> pause,
&gt; > rew/ffw within the live buffers. The problem with using a smaller
> hard drive
&gt; > is the unique software load for this model - it's not like there
> was a 40gb
>; > HR10 that you can find an image for, you'd have to shrink the MFS
> > partitions.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com [mailto: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of
> > Mitkraft
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:11 AM
> > To: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com
&gt; > Subject: RE: [hdtivo] downgrade hard drive
&gt; >
> >
> > Actually, I think the only thing you can do without DTV service is
> playback
> > previously recorded material and (if hacked) insert/extract
> recordings off
> > the drive via computer/network. I don't believe it will display
> any sort of
> > live TV without a Dtv subscription. Please let me know if this
> isn't
&gt; > correct because I have two HR10-250's and whenever DTV cuts off all
> Mpeg2 HD
> > channels I'll need to know what they are good for if I switch to
> another
> > provider.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com [mailto: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of
> > Bruce Dixon
&gt; > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:40 AM
> > To: hdtivo%40yahoogroups.com">hdtivoyahoogroups.com
&gt; > Subject: Re: [hdtivo] downgrade hard drive
&gt; >
> > Hi Jeremy:
> >
> > I don't think it can work with a smaller drive than it originally
> shipped
> > with. Also, you need DirecTV service and a dish to get the Tivo DVR
> working.
> > My understanding is that the OTA tuner will work without DirecTV
> service,
> > but you will not be able to record programs. You will have the 30
> minute
&gt; > buffer that lets you pause live TV ( and move forward or backward
> in the 30
> > minute window). You also will not get any program guide data
> without DTV
> > service.
> >
> > Others, please chime in if I am wrong about any of this.
&gt; >
> > Bruce Dixon
&gt; >
>;

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On Tue, March 4, 2008 2:29 pm, ljacob66 wrote:

> This can definitely be done; InstantCake (the 6.3 versions, but I
> don't think the 3.1.5 versions) can use a drive smaller than the
> original. We custom-built our release with a 'shrunken' image so it
> is definitely doable.

The 3.1.5 IC definitely can't do it, but if you build the 6.3x IC from
scratch it ought to go on just about anything. (Kind of like Alphawolf's
old 6.2 "minimal" image.)
--
Christopher D. Heer -- cheer1%40heerfamily.net">cheer1heerfamily.net

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