[mythtv-users] firmware for the HVR-1800 (vrs. the 2250)

Leif Pihl leif at pihl.us
Thu Nov 7 23:03:09 UTC 2013


On Nov 7, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Leif Pihl wrote:

> 
> On Nov 7, 2013, at 4:47 PM, mark wrote:
> 
>> On 08/11/13 08:23, Leif Pihl wrote:
>>> See below.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Leif Pihl wrote:
>>>> In what may be the root directory, there seemed to have been a directory called "Downloads".
>>> 
>>> Bzzzzzzzt!!!  Error.
>>> I don't know what directory I was in at the time, but now I can NOT find my "firmware-temp" directory.
>>> I've tried the "find" command, and possibly one other, but so VERY many lines scroll by that the result is of no use.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone suggest to me just how I would go about finding the lost directory and its five files?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I "cd"-ed into there, and created a new directory called "firmware-temp".
>>>> I then used the "wget" command to download all three files from the web site previously mentioned.
>>>> I double checked with the "dir" command, all three files (extract.sh  HVR-12x0-...   and  readme.txt) were present.
>>>> I then did "sudo chmod a+x extract.sh"
>>>> Followed by "./extract.sh".
>>> 
>>> 
>>> LP
>> 
>> I forget are you on MythBuntu? Try cd ~/Downloads/ from a command prompt maybe? If that works type ls to see if your firmware-temp folder is there.
>> 
> 
> Yes, MythBuntu. 
> What does the tilde character denote? 
> I'll go check on it now.
> 


Yup.  It was there. 
Does the Tilde character "~" denote something like:  "Hey Duuude, these files are ONLY for MythBuntu Maaaaan." 

LP


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