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#291466 - 13/12/2006 18:20 copying tuner settings from one empeg to another
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	I know this must have been discussed before, but with my lame search-fu, I didn't come up with anything. So... Is there any way to copy over the preset frequencies from my main empeg, once I've gone through all the hassle of tuning in all the stations, to my spare unit?
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#291467 - 13/12/2006 18:24 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: julf]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31565 Loc: Seattle, WA	Does anyone know if a variant of method 2 here can grab the tuner presets? The method described there backs up the dynamic data partition into a file, that you can then restore onto the same empeg or a different one. Are the tuner presets part of that, or do you need to do something different? _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#291468 - 13/12/2006 20:56 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: julf]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14478 Loc: Canada	Just try copying the first 4096 sectors of /dev/hda3 from the old system to the new one (or from the old drive to the new drive). I believe that will copy the tuner presets as well as the current EQ settings, and possibly lots of other cruft. Cheers
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#291469 - 14/12/2006 07:01 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: mlord]
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Quote: Just try copying the first 4096 sectors of /dev/hda3 from the old system to the new one (or from the old drive to the new drive). I believe that will copy the tuner presets as well as the current EQ settings, and possibly lots of other cruft. Sounds like the solution, Thanks! I guess that does require getting the round tuit to install scp/ssh on both units... Guess I will finally have to bite that bullet...
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#291470 - 14/12/2006 14:16 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: julf]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5680 Loc: London, UK	Quote: I guess that does require getting the round tuit to install scp/ssh on both units... Guess I will finally have to bite that bullet... netcat works perfectly well for this, if you're not bothered about securing your tuner settings... _________________________ -- roger
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#291471 - 14/12/2006 16:44 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: Roger]
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Quote: netcat works perfectly well for this, if you're not bothered about securing your tuner settings... Well, I really wouldn't want any random hacker to be able to figure out what stations I listen to...
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#291472 - 14/12/2006 20:53 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: julf]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14478 Loc: Canada	Don't forget that you can grab the entire /dev/hda3 by just FTPing into Hijack and doing get /dev/hda3 Cheers
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#291473 - 15/12/2006 07:02 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: mlord]
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Quote: Don't forget that you can grab the entire /dev/hda3 by just FTPing into Hijack and doing get /dev/hda3[/b Thought about that, but will a subsequent "put" write it cleanly?
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#291474 - 15/12/2006 17:38 Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another [Re: julf]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14478 Loc: Canada	Quote: Quote: Don't forget that you can grab the entire /dev/hda3 by just FTPing into Hijack and doing get /dev/hda3 Thought about that, but will a subsequent "put" write it cleanly? Yup. But if you do grab the whole partition /dev/hda3, then it will also be copying over the per-tune data sectors. No big deal, unless you care.. in which case you can truncate the file offline before doing the put. No need to even enable "read write" access for the put, by the way. Cheers Edited by mlord (15/12/2006 17:38)
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