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My wife and I bought a Dish networks tivo/satellite receiver almost 4 years ago. Although it works fine, I am worried about losing the HD someday, and would like to put a larger drive in. I've heard it uses a version of linux. Is it possible to copy the drive to a windows machine, then format a new disk with it on? I could makeup a linux machine if I have to. Any help or advice will be appreciated!Regards,
Gene
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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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Ok, I guess I'm ignorant, but the site you pointed me to seems to mention tivo a lot, but Dish net almost none. Am I to consider them to be one and the same?
As far as I know a Dish network Tivo is just a Tivo with a Dish tuner built in. Do some googling, I've only played around with the basic, off the shelf Tivo units, but they *should* be substantially similar. The only way to know for sure is to take the plunge and void your warranty :)
/*Music is subjective. Sound is not.*/
Thanks, I'll check it out :)
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