Ok, I've read alot about adding a hardrive to Tivos, so I know that part is possible, but I'd like to hear about this idea I have...
My Tivo is a series 1 Philips, v1.3 image, Pal tuner converted. 1 120Gb IDE drive installed. All working great,
BUT, I dont have a network card... Seems alot to pay considering ....
So, I have been toying with the idea of hacking my unit to install an
"IDE to Compact flash" memory card adapter.
The reason behind this is so I can move my media files to a compact flash card, and then process it on the PC.
The IDE to compact flash adapter allows the Compact flash card to be seen as a standard IDE drive on a PC, and does not require any drivers or support by the OS, ie it appears in the Bios as a standard ide drive..

So, I'd love to get your feedback on:

1. commands and process of "mounting" the "drive" so my tivo sees it as an writable/accessable area. I dont want it to be an area that the Tivo could use to record its shows, just a "copy to" area.

2. commands and process of "unmounting" it cleanly.

3. Any gotchas like formatting the drive etc... and reading it on the pc.

Many thanks in advance, I hope my idea is as easy to implement as I am thinking..

Cheers, Spook8000