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Re: Dish Networks Tivo

TiVo does run a custom version of Linux, with a propriatary filesystem and video format. It's been hacked to death, people have been putting removable hard drives, ethernet adapters and all kinds of crazy addons for a long time. Here's are some good starter pages:

http://lists.saigon.com/vault/tivo/
http://www.tivofaq.com/hack/

Note, that most hacks require you to use Linux. The drivers used to read and clone hard drives on a low level are linux-only, but I think there are live CD distributions that let you do it (you can run Linux from a CD, no installation required.)

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