[nos-bbs] JNOS onTivo!?!

[Mark Phillips]

Google is your friend here however this is not for the casual hacker. In 
my opinion folks looking for low power systems should look at the 
various terminal server/thin clients that litter ebay for change of $20. 
Alternatively use an embedded solution such as WRAP or Soekris.

There are a few methods to gain access to the Tivo. Most require one to 
replace the OS with a pre-hacked version which will then enable the 
serial port as a console as well as allow network access from a huge 
variety of USB ethernet/wifi adapters. This replacement is best done by 
the HDD swapout method (prepare a new HDD on a different machine.

Once you are into your Tivo you can release the OS grip on the serial 
port by commenting out the serial port statements in /etc/inittab and 
/etc/lilo.conf. A reboot will then release the serial port for RF use.

I haven't done it yet but in theory you should be able to install a 
compiler etc onto the Tivo and compile the code there. I used JNOS2E as 
it was the only one I had kicking around.

The single serial port might slow folks down a bit. I use multidrop KISS 
on my WRAP 2E system (5 watts of computer power!!) which also has a 
single serial port. I find it works OK.

Mark



On 10/06/2009 12:54 PM, Bill V WA7NWP wrote:
>> So I have a few of the series 2 tivo's kicking around that are now redundant
>> thanks to the digital migration.
>>
>> You'll probably be aware that these are MIPS based Linux boxes running at
>> around 250MHz.
>
> This is very cool...   Good timing too as I'm in the middle of trying
> to get a $5 Series 2 Tivo to talk on the LAN..
>
> Are there some key links for what it takes to take control of a Series
> 2 like this?
>
> Bill - WA7NWP
>
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