Errata for TiVo Hacks
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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page 24
Fifth paragraph |
dreaded "Sever Error
should be
dreaded "Severe Error
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 69
Third paragraph |
The "-h" in "cpio -idu -h tar < tivobin.tar" needs to be uppercase "-H".
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 75
Second paragraph |
The "-I" in "cpio -I -H tar " needs to be lowercase "-i".
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 75
2nd set of bash shell commands |
bash-2.02# remount -o remount....
on both lines should be replaced with
bash-2.02# mount -o remount....
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 77
Last paragraph |
The "-I" in "cpio -I -H tar " needs to be lowercase "-i"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 81
Last paragraph |
"use osdwriter [Hack #41]"
should be
"use osdwriter [Hack #40]"
|
Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 87
Third from last paragraph |
An ampersand is missing from the line. It should be:
/var/hack/bin/elseed_forever.sh -c /var/hack/etc/elseed.conf &
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 88
Third 'bash' line |
Space missing between "mkdir" and "/var/hack/cron"
|
Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 103
Figure 4-8 |
Wrong image.
Figure 4-7 was printed twice in place of the correct screenshot for Figure 4-8.
|
Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 114
3rd paragraph of hack #54 |
URL for wget-tcl is invalid.
http://www.bitwaste.com/tivo/wget-tcl.tar.gz
should be:
http://www.bitwaste.com/tivo/
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 115
Fourth paragraph |
Extra ".gz" needs to be removed. The line should read:
mv /var/hack/bin/tivoftpd.ppc /var/hack/bin/tivoftpd
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 152
Figure 5-9 |
Wrong image.
Figure 5-8 got printed twice, in place of the User Interface Menu.
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 163
Table 5-1 |
The letter "B" needs to be added to the word "ackspace"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 172
Now Playing with Sort and Folders |
http://www.ljs.nildram.co.uk/tivo.html
has moved to
http://www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/
|
Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 229
3rd line from bottom of code listing for hack #96 |
Missing minus sign before 600 for '10 minutes shorter'
...10 minutes shorter| 600|
should be
...10 minutes shorter|-600|
page 235- the number box for Hack 99 should have a number sign.
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Anonymous |
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