Hi all,

I must be the newest newbie in NZ.

I got my TiVo from George on Monday and have had very little success.

I have got the Oz image onto my drive but then I get "Error - Unable to access mfs." message when trying to install the cachecard software off floppy.

Then, when I attempted to start over again I thought I would format the drive in PC but the 160Gb Maxtor is only being seen as 9.8Mb !

I thought the drive had died, so I got myself a new 120Gb Maxtor and have had exactly the same sequence of results.

I tried running the nic_install that is on the Oz Image CD but no matter what master/slave primary/secondary combination I use it never finds a TiVo hard drive.

And yes, I did follow the instructions to boot the TiVo to the Guided setup before running the cachecard software.

At this point - and the fact that my linux knowledge is as extensive as my knowledge of brain surgery (eg: none) I am looking for a linux experienced TiVo guru in Auckland who might come and assist a newbie and be compenstated with amber fluid or equal valued products :-)

Cheers
Bruce (in Albany, North Shore)
bmc/bruce@clear.net.nz