biting the bullet

Ok, so, if my end goal is web access to my tivo (series 1) programs, then I need something like this. (Found via this mostly content-less blog post. I mean, really, am I missing something? Having to read the screenshot is totally uncool). To install that, first I need telnet/ftp access to my tivo, and here's a guide for that. To set up telnet/ftp access I need to back up the drive, which requires a new drive (which might as well be larger, while I'm at it), and a pc running linux.