Can a tivo be used in NZ with serial cable only

[jaidev]

does it still have to be reformated with the Oz image, and if so can someone please explain why exactly?

2) Assuming I do whatever is necessary for question 1; I have a null modem serial cable - is it possible to get past the Guided Setup, and load files and guide slices etc. only using the serial cable?

Rgds Halfdan

1. Yes it does, as the original image is a US one for the *REAL* TiVo service, obviously we don't have the real TiVo service here, so you need to load an image that has all the hacks loaded onto it etc... It's a hell of a lot easier than loading all the hack utils yourself, and going through guided setup yourself.

2. When you load the oztivo image it is already past guided setup.
Yes you can use the serial to load files and guide slices, read the oztivo serialppp howto