We've added the TCD648250B units to our upgrade instructions, and we've added a new downloadable CD (still free!) that contains a version of Linux that supports SATA drives. Check it out!
- posted by madberg @ 10:37 AM

 
The forums that we once used to cover our upgrade instructions have been changing (read: commercializing) and so help with our free instructions has to move. For this and other reasons, at WeaKnees we've opened our own forums, so that we can continue letting experts and novices post questions and answers in as open and unrestricted a format as possible.

Our new TiVo Upgrade forums are here:

TiVo Upgrade Forums

You'll notice that we have a forum specifically for Hinsdale instructions, a set of instructions in many ways similar to ours but created with a very different approach. In any event, support for these instructions has been missing from the forum for some time, so we figured it was time to resurrect it here.

Finally, if you want to discuss other TiVo upgrade approachs, or other online guides, you can do that on our forums also. Please check them out.
- posted by madberg @ 5:58 AM

 
We've added support for the new Dual Tuner TiVos.

These new units can hold two drives, but there's no bracket yet to hold the second drive, so for now, we only have instructions to replace your existing drive with a larger drive.
- posted by madberg @ 9:53 AM

 
Major changes are in. The Interactive TiVo Upgrade Instructions now officially support the latest large-kernel-aware TiVo OSes on the Series 2 units.

These Series 2 units can now use larger drives with these instructions, provided you have TiVo OS 7.1 or later:

TiVo Models:
TCD130040
TCD140060
TCD230040
TCD240040
TCD24004A
TCD240080
TCD24008A
TCD240140

Sony SVR-3000

And these DIRECTV models can do the same, with OS 6.2 or later:

Hughes:
SD-DVR40
SD-DVR80
SD-DVR120

Samsung:
SIR-S4040R
SIR-S4080R
SIR-S4120R

Philips:
DSR-7000
DSR-704
DSR-708

RCA:
DVR40
DVR80
DVR120

The instructions will ask you if you have the latest OS, and, if so, they'll take you to the right link to download the WeaKnees Large Kernel boot cd so that you can take full advantage of the larger drives.
- posted by madberg @ 8:11 PM

 
The Humax DRT400 40 hour TiVo DVR with DVD recorder has been added.
- posted by madberg @ 3:26 PM

 
The new TiVo DVD players have been added to the site. These can only hold one drive, but do support larger drives, so a 300 GB drive can be used here.

The units are:

Humax DRT800
Toshiba RS-TX20
Toshiba RS-TX60
- posted by madberg @ 9:07 PM

 
Two new models have been added to the instructions:

Humax DRT800

Toshiba SD-H400

Please note that the Toshiba expansion invovles a new upgrade path and it is relatively untested. Problems may result, especially during periods of TiVo OS upgrade downloads. Please keep a backup of your original TiVo OS.

- posted by madberg @ 11:04 AM