copying tuner settings from one empeg to another

Posted by: julf

copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 13/12/2006 18:20

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?
Posted by: tfabris

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 13/12/2006 18:24

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?
Posted by: mlord

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 13/12/2006 20:56

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
Posted by: julf

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 14/12/2006 07:01

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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...
Posted by: Roger

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 14/12/2006 14:16

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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...
Posted by: julf

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 14/12/2006 16:44

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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...
Posted by: mlord

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 14/12/2006 20:53

Don't forget that you can grab the entire /dev/hda3 by just FTPing into Hijack and doing get /dev/hda3

Cheers
Posted by: julf

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 15/12/2006 07:02

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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?
Posted by: mlord

Re: copying tuner settings from one empeg to another - 15/12/2006 17:38

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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