USB patch released. HALLELUJAH!

Cool! I’ve been waiting to see this.

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I did work beta testing their system, and as a result I can offer a code for a $25 discount if you buy off of their site…. however, the code expires on 7/31 … the code is “DROBOMARKF” …. I saw Fry’s is selli 750 GB seagates for $199 …. time to buy some more …

If I understand correctly, you need to have SSH enabled, and in order to do this, you need to open the case. Wasn’t one of the requirements that “Patch must be able to be applied without opening the case.”?

RS1000, if you do not know what Unix is, I recommend that you do not try performing this hack. Unix is an operating system just like Windows, Mac OS X, etc. that gives your computer the “personality” in which you can interact with.

Isn’t the Apple TV already backed up, since it *has* to be tied to an iTunes library in the first place? Backing it up seems a bit redundant and almost confusing, since it isn’t entirely clear how to actually back one up given the fact that it can’t be plugged in like an iPod to copy content from.

nice work!!!

luck, so does that mean you can only install patch using unix? can’t use terminal or something else?

i run the script and when it reached the part where its trying to patch the kernel using the file “kernel.uncompressed.patch”, it says No such file or directory exists and it stops running. any ideas?

This look promising, but I wish it was just a bit easier for us non-hacker people…

Anybody know if this requires all the content to be on your computer and AppleTV at the same time? I’d like to do this if I could store my 300gb of movies w/o having to have them stored/sync over from my laptop.

I’ve attempted to install it on my Apple TV version 1.1
It DOES NOT work on version 1.1

Ivo, yes, perform a Factory Restore by holding down Menu and – (minus) for about 6 seconds and wait for the recovery screen to come up. That will get you back to 1.0. You will lose your data by doing this.

Content without sync. Someone asked this question but I have seen no coverage anywhere. I also would like to keep content on an external drive without requiring syncing to an iTunes machine. Is this possible with the external USB hack? I would think more people would be interested in this capability. Why have I not seen anything about this? Are the hackers fine with syncing or are they streaming?

Ivo, I also got stuck in line 63 and haven’t figured out what’s wrong. I’m also a newbie.

I started with a fresh Factory Restore followed by enabling SSH. Everything worked for me up to the point where I was supposed to plug in the USB drive. Some files were copied over to the drive (I verified this), but then nothing happend. The Apple logo stayed on the screen with no disk activity whatsoever.

I could force it to restart using the remote, which would get me back to the Restart, Diagnostics, or Restore menu, but when I told it to Restart it would get stuck again at the Apple logo. This happened whether the USB drive was plugged in or not, and with no disk activity when it was plugged in.

The only way to get it to go back to the main menu screen was to do another factory restore. Any ideas what might be wrong? The USB drive is formatted for Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

I plugged it in during the intro sequence when all of the videos are shown flying around, as the instructions said. After that didn’t work, I tried waiting longer, until I got to the main menu. That also didn’t work, so I tried plugging it in earlier, which did not work (I was just trying to cover all of the bases).

The files did seem to copy to the USB drive, but the Apple TV seemed to just get stuck at the Apple logo after that point.

Luck, thanks! Managed to get past line 63, so please also see my post #90.

Tim, don’t know if this may be the cause of your problem, but did you use the GUID Partition Table as your partition scheme for the USB drive?

Ivo, try copying the mach_kernel.prelink file from the Apple update image to the directory that contains the script. That’s the default place it looks for it if you tell it to use one on your computer (./mach_kernel.prelink).

You can also feed the path to the image when the script asks for it, but I think it’s easier to just copy the image myself and hit enter when it asks for the path.

Yes, I did choose the GUID option when I formatted the disk using Disk Utility.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try tonight without the GUID option set and see if that helps.

Ivo, RS1000, I have a solution.

Firstly, you have to, in terminal, cd into the directory of the USB patch. From there, you run the install-atvrhd.sh file (type ./install-atvrhd.sh to open it). As long as you’ve copied the mach kernel from the AppleTV update to the same folder, you should be able to just hit continue through it all. This’ll fix that problem.

Problem number 2 – line 74. Nothing particularly bad is on this line, it’s just trying to make a backup of a file by renaming it. The problem is that even though the other failed attempts failed before this step, the file was for some reason renamed. Therefore, just type

ssh -1 frontrow@appletv.local

replacing appletv.local with your IP address if necessary.

Once in, type

sudo mv mach_kernel.preusbhd.prelink /mach_kernel.prelink

That’ll bring the file back to the original name. Now, as long as you’re running the installer from the right directory (by changing to that directory in terminal before starting the installer), everything should run smoothly.

I hope this has helped you guys get it up and running. Now it’s just time for me to go ahead and reinstall the AppleTV files hack.

Again one step further. Initially got stuck at a frozen Apple logo. I restored to factory settings and re-enabled SSH (as far as I know I did nothing different than before). Now the Apple TV did start up. However, it does not seem to do anything with my USB disk. And that might be related to the fact that I partitioned as GUID (got that from: http://0xfeedbeef.com/appletv/usbboot; however, those were instructions for replacing the internal Apple TV hard disk). Will try again with Luck’s suggestion where I partition the USB disk as a data disk.

I’ll be back!

Ivo, congratulations. You are one very persistent man.

By the way, do you really have to do it all over again? You should just be able to get another drive, partition it as Journaled HFS+ (Apple Partition Map, which is the default), and attach it to the Apple TV. That’s it. Your Apple TV has already been modified.

By the way, if you unattach the drive, the Apple TV would revert to using the internal drive.

RS1000
No problem for the query. I would not have succeeded if it wasn’t for all the tips and advice here.

When you download the patch and extract it, you get one single folder. This folder contains a couple of files and a couple of folders. Now, I did NOT place this one downloaded folder in my root. I placed the CONTENT of this one downloaded folder in my root. So in my root I ended up with a couple of files and a couple of folders. And most importantly, one of the files directly in my root is the script.

The disk I finally attach to the Apple TV, as Luck said, is simply formatted as MAC OS Extended (Journaled).

Being a UNIX newbie, only after I did this all, I’m beginning to understand what exactly it is I did. The sole purpose of the GUID disk with OS X on it is to SSH enable the Apple TV. Once that is done, you opened up the Apple TV for the script.

Hi , Like Ivo and Kurt,

I read that to enable shh you need to open the case, I look at the link to wiki which shows the instructions which in step one advises
Step 1
Install full Mac OS X onto the device, using semthex’s kernel and instructions detailed here: Apple TV Hacks – Mac OS X running on Apple TV. If you’re installing to a small device you’ll want to read the instructions for a minimal install Here.

The link provided by wiki then refers to your site ‘http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/04/01/mac-os-x-running-on-apple-tv/’ and the instructions which require the case to be opened.
How to install

This is the process that was used to turn the Apple TV into a full blown Mac OS X machine:

1) remove the drive from the Apple TV

I’m not worried about competition rules but just do not want to open the thing up

what am I missing

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Enable_SSH_Without_Opening_the_Apple_TV

ssh without opening the apple

hope this helps

Luca….

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Enable_SSH_Without_Opening_the_Apple_TV

Try this…

Well after trying multiple times and getting stuck at the Apple startup, i found that if you format the drive as Extended and not Extended (journaled) it works.
I hope this saves someone some frustration.

Hi There ,

thanks for the advice…

I’ll look forward to the updated instruction guide..

Kind regards

Lukasz
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luck Says:
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 am

Lukaszs, the AppleTVHacks.net article on installing OS X on the Apple TV was written before anyone can figure out how to do the hack without opening the case.

To enable SSH on the Apple TV, you want to do is to first create a boot drive with OS X installed on it and then plug that drive into the Apple TV USB port to make it boot OS X. From then on, you should be able to use a script or manually enable SSH on the Apple TV.

So you need to combine the instructions on both articles to make this work. If this is still confusing to you, I might consider writing another guide with more detailed instructions.

I was able to install and run the atv using the external drive. when i accessed the atv and external drive using afp, i noticed that the directories in the external drive consisted of media and media files. On the other hand there still seems to be osboot, frontrow and media directories under the internal apple tv being recognized and containing directories like movies, music, pictures, etc. why is this so? how can you copy files into the external using afp or ssh (without sync)? To which directories should you copy into?

I’m trying to enable ssh followed the instructions but when I insert the usb drive nothing happens, when I restart it asks for the language and the wireless network, then I see the apple logo and then the intro screen.

The only thing im not sure about is the file boot.efi, it says you need it in the instructions but does not mention what to do with it.

help

Martin, take a look at comment post.

http://www.appletvhacks.net/?p=73&cp=11#comments

Let me know if you still have problems.

Tried modifying line 65 of the script to “texas teachers retirement fund.” It still failed. Is that case sensitive?

Anybody have any other suggestions?

Will do, dna. Thanks for the feedback.

Hey,
Is there any simple way of remotely enabling ssh for appletv? I keep going round in circles loking for it as the whole notion of doing it with with code and soforth is way out of my league – if there’s a simple way that a layman can do it then great, but if not that is also cool – at least I’ll know where I stand…

I guess the crux of it is that I’m not confident in pulling the machine apart to do all of this, however some sort of guidance on how it could possibly work without disassembling the apple tv would be more than appreciated…

Cheers
D

#
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casiogtm Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 3:33 am

Well after trying multiple times and getting stuck at the Apple startup, i found that if you format the drive as Extended and not Extended (journaled) it works.
I hope this saves someone some frustration.

Question Answered.

Duh me.

I’m a unix idiot here. I have enabled ssh but I don’t know how to execute the file. i type “install -atvrhd.sh” and nothing happens. I do this in terminal with or without being connected via ssh and no results.. I know it’s something stupid. Please help.

Did anyone got it working yet?

Hello from Germany

I NEED STEP BY STEP HELP!

I stop at this question:

Do you have a copy of the kernel on *this* computer? [no]

And Now???

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Paul

Does this still allow syncing with a mac? I have a MacPro with all my media on and I would like to use an Apple TV with an external drive. Would I have to copy everything across to the external drive manually or will the Apple TV sync as if it where an internal drive? Thanks.

Does anyone already know whether there is a valida patchstick available for the 1.1 version?

It’ll be huge favor if someone could nicely make a working patchstick for 1.1 version!!!!

Willy, you go ahead. I am more comfortable staying outside of a jail cell rather than being in one.

Now, that’s just me.

I am having the same issue as jonbags was having.
My apple tv goes into a continuous reboot cycle once I turn on and plug in the external USB drive.
I have tried formatting the drive in mac os extended with and without journaling – it makes no difference.
Any ideas on how to get this to work?

What about hacking the Apple TV to run FTP?

Remote syncing with my main media library?
Yes please.

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Is anyone else getting this on take 2?

Do you have a copy of the kernel on *this* computer? [no] no
Okay, I’ll get it from the Apple TV then. When prompted, enter
‘frontrow’ (no quotes) as the password.
Password:
Response:
mach_kernel.prelink 100% 7629KB 1.9MB/s 00:04
Uncompressing the original ‘./mach_kernel.prelink’…
/Users/mac/Desktop/AppleTVHacks_USB_patch/install-atvrhd.sh: line 63: ./prelink_tool/prelink_tool: No such file or directory
Patching the original ‘./mach_kernel.prelink’…
bspatch: kernel/kernel.uncompressed.patch: No such file or directory

Yes, this works on the current version of Apple TV 2.0.16
For those of you having trouble with script, put all the files out of the download folder and in the top level, next to your system folder. Then cut the old script out and paste in this one:

#!/bin/sh
echo “Apple TV External Hard Disk Tool v1.20″
echo “Copyright (c) 2007 Patrick Walton but freely”
echo “redistributable: see the COPYING file for details.”
echo “Modifications and additions by Tom Anthony – AppleTVHacks.net.”
echo “————————————————————————”
echo “Hi, I’m the install program for the Apple TV External Hard Disk tool.”
echo “This tool allows you to seamlessly use an external USB drive as the ”
echo “primary storage for your Apple TV. Please note that there is no warranty”
echo “for this tool.”
echo “”
echo “Before proceeding, please ensure that you have all of the following:”
echo ” – A connected Apple TV, modified at least with SSH capability. For”
echo ” information on how to modify your Apple TV to enable SSH, please see”
echo ” .”
echo ” – An installed version of Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, or a full copy of the ”
echo ” contents of the /System/Library/Extensions folder from one.”
echo ” – An original, unmodified copy of the ‘mach_kernel.prelink’ file from”
echo ” the Apple TV. I can try to retrieve it automatically from the Apple”
echo ” TV, but if you have modified the version on your Apple TV you’ll need”
echo ” to tell me where I can find the original.”
echo ” – A copy of ‘prelink_tool’, which is located in the prelink_tool ”
echo ” folder. The binary there is precompiled for Mac OS X Intel, but if”
echo ” you aren’t running that you’ll need to compile the included source”
echo ” yourself.”
echo “”
read -e -p “Are you ready to install? [yes] ” resp

if [[ $resp && $resp != "yes" ]]
then
echo “Okay, not installing.”
exit
fi

echo “I need to know the IP address of your Apple TV. You can find this in the”
echo “Settings > Network menu on the Apple TV.”
echo “”
read -e -p “What is the IP address of your Apple TV? ” ip

echo “First thing I’ll need to do is to get a copy of the kernel. If you have”
echo “a copy (called ‘mach_kernel.prelink’), then I can use that, but it must”
echo “be unmodified (in particular, without Turbo’s USB hack). If you don’t”
echo “have it on your disk, then I can try to fetch it from the Apple TV, but”
echo “again it must be unmodified.”
echo “”
read -e -p “Do you have a copy of the kernel on *this* computer? [no] ” resp

if [[ $resp && $resp = "yes" ]]
then
read -e -p “Where can I find it? [./mach_kernel.prelink] ” compk
if [[ !$compk ]]
then
compk=./mach_kernel.prelink
fi
else
echo “Okay, I’ll get it from the Apple TV then. When prompted, enter ”
echo “‘frontrow’ (no quotes) as the password.”
scp -1 frontrow@$ip:/mach_kernel.prelink ./mach_kernel.prelink
compk=./mach_kernel.prelink
fi

echo “Uncompressing the original ‘$compk’…”
/prelink_tool/prelink_tool -d $compk mach_kernel.ou.prelink
echo “Patching the original ‘$compk’…”
bspatch mach_kernel.ou.prelink mach_kernel.nu.prelink \
/kernel/kernel.uncompressed.patch || exit 1
echo “Compressing the new ‘$compk’…”
/prelink_tool/prelink_tool -e mach_kernel.nu.prelink mach_kernel.n.prelink

echo “I’m going to upload the patched kernel to the Apple TV now. When ”
echo “prompted, which will likely happen several times, enter ‘frontrow’ (no ”
echo “quotes) as the password.”

ssh -1 frontrow@$ip “sudo mount -rw /dev/disk0s2 /; sudo mv /mach_kernel.prelink /mach_kernel.preusbhd.prelink” || exit 1
scp -1 ./mach_kernel.n.prelink \
frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/mach_kernel.n.prelink || exit 1
scp -1 ./mach_kernel.nu.prelink \
frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/mach_kernel.nu.prelink || exit 1
ssh -1 frontrow@$ip “sudo mv /Users/frontrow/mach_kernel.n.prelink /mach_kernel.prelink; sudo mv /Users/frontrow/mach_kernel.nu.prelink /mach” || exit 1

echo “Now I’ll need to package up the necessary Mac OS X 10.4 kernel ”
echo “extensions. If you’re running Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, then they’ll be”
echo “located in the system location, ‘/System/Library/Extensions’, and you”
echo “can just press Return here. Otherwise, enter the location where they’re”
echo “stored.”
echo “”
read -e -p “Where are the kernel extensions? [/System/Library/Extensions] ” \
kextdir

if [[ !$kextdir ]]
then
kextdir=/System/Library/Extensions
fi

thisdir=`pwd`
cd $kextdir
tar cf $thisdir/usbhd-kexts.tar IOStorageFamily.kext \
IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext || exit 1
cd $thisdir

echo “I need to send this package to your Apple TV now. When prompted, enter”
echo “‘frontrow’ for a password as before.”

scp -1 usbhd-kexts.tar frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/usbhd-kexts.tar
ssh -1 frontrow@$ip “sudo mv /Users/frontrow/usbhd-kexts.tar /System/Library/Extensions; sudo sh -c ‘cd /System/Library/Extensions; tar xf usbhd-kexts.tar; chown -R root:wheel *’” || exit 1

echo “Now I need to install the ‘atvrhdd’ program, the ‘atvrhdctrl’ and ”
echo “‘backrow_patch’ helper scripts onto your Apple TV. These enable your”
echo “Apple TV to automatically detect and use an external USB drive when ”
echo “you insert one. When prompted, enter ‘frontrow’ as your password.”
scp -1 /usr/bin/killall frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/killall
scp -1 /atvrhdctrl/atvrhdctrl.sh frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/atvrhdctrl.sh
scp -1 /backrow_patch/backrow_patch.pl frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/backrow_patch.pl
scp -1 /atvrhdd/atvrhdd frontrow@$ip:/Users/frontrow/atvrhdd

ssh -1 frontrow@$ip “sudo cp /Users/frontrow/killall /usr/bin/killall; sudo cp /Users/frontrow/atvrhdd /usr/bin/atvrhdd; sudo cp /Users/frontrow/atvrhdctrl.sh /usr/bin/atvrhdctrl.sh; sudo cp /Users/frontrow/backrow_patch.pl /usr/bin/backrow_patch.pl; sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/killall /usr/bin/atvrhdd /usr/bin/atvrhdctrl.sh /usr/bin/backrow_patch.pl; sudo sh -c ‘echo /usr/sbin/diskutil mountDisk disk1 >> /etc/rc.local’; sudo sh -c ‘echo /usr/bin/atvrhdd >> /etc/rc.local’”

echo “Finally, I need to restart your Apple TV. When prompted, enter”
echo “‘frontrow’ as your password.”
ssh -1 frontrow@$ip “sudo shutdown -r now”
echo “All done! Have fun.”

That’s what worked for me. Good Luck!

I have a new apple TV. It’s been upgraded to 2.2. i’ve patchsticked it.. to get boxee and xbmc on it.
Which works great.
But.. now i want external USB storage enabled..
Do the old steps still apply?

My mac is updated to the latest version of Leopard. Is that a problem?

Thanks.

-D

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yes,you did well job.

Does anyone already know whether there is a valida patchstick available for the 1.1 version?

does this work with 2.2 software update?

Isn't the Apple TV already backed up, since it *has* to be tied to an iTunes library in the first place? Backing it up seems a bit redundant and almost confusing, since it isn't entirely clear how to actually back one up given the fact that it can't be plugged in like an iPod to copy content from.

Can someone post a comment with a list of supported Apple TV versions? I have 2.1, and I don't know if this works with it because this article was made when 1.x was used.

does this work with 2.2 software update?

Well after trying multiple times and getting stuck at the Apple startup, i found that if you format the drive as Extended and not Extended (journaled) it works.
I hope this saves someone some frustration.

First of all, our team would like to thank Patrick Walton of University of Chicago for sending us the original entry. We certainly appreciate his effort; it was a quite an achievement. Unfortunately, syncing did not work. By the time we realized the problem, Patrick was already too busy to fix his code.

Im thinking an apple restore will bring my appletv back to normal but without the usb HD being used.

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