External usb hdd

[saintomer1866]

ok, do the 'fdisk -l' command again
St.O

[eddman]

I did the fdisk -1 command and a different result came up.

fdisk: invalid option -- '1'
BusyBox v1.15.3 (2010-07-21 18:00:33 CEST) multi-call binary

Usage: fdisk [-ul] [-C CYLINDERS] [-H HEADS] [-S SECTORS] [-b SSZ] DISK

Change partition table

Options:
-u Start and End are in sectors (instead of cylinders)
-l Show partition table for each DISK, then exit
-b 2048 (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors
-C CYLINDERS Set number of cylinders/heads/sectors
-H HEADS
-S SECTORS

[oldfart]

minus 'L' lowercase

[eddman]

Sorry, here's the correct result with fsdisk -l with lowercase L


Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 38913 312568672 83 Linux

[saintomer1866]

that's good your disk has now been formatted ext3.
now just recheck your fstab file (in ETC folder) and make sure the line that you copied in

/dev/sda1       /media/hdd     ext3    defaults        0       0

is still there and restart your box (not enigma)
hopefully your disk will be there now, if not show us the contents of your fstab file
St.O

[eddman]

Hi St.O, How do I restart my box without enigma mode?

[saintomer1866]

in the shutdown menu it will give you the option to either 'restart' or 'restart enigma' you want to 'restart'
alternatively you can telnet into your box and type 'reboot'
St.O

[eddman]

Thanks, will check the ect folder then restart it and report back with the results. Whether this works or not thanks for your time in helping out. I will need to switch on my main pc to do the checks.

[eddman]

Ok, hear are the results:

I checked the fstab file and the command line has remained the same:

/dev/sda1 /media/hdd ext3 defaults 0 0

Then I telnet into my dreambox and typed in reboot which it did.
Just one thing, when it was rebooting the enigma 2 logo was still there in the bottom left hand of the screen.

[saintomer1866]

so are you able to record now ?
if not change that line in fstab to this;

/dev/sda1       /hdd     ext3    defaults        0       0

then press menu -> standby/restart (or shutdown menu) -> restart
St.O

[eddman]

No I can't record but I will change the line command and get back to you.

[eddman]

I wrote in the new command:

/dev/sda1 /hdd ext3 defaults 0 0

Then I did a restart, pressed record and the same thing came up: disk size to small 100mb. I think all avenues used here. The only other thing I can think of is that there is a downloadable plugin for usb drives.

[saintomer1866]

what image are you using ?
try putting a new image on your box
something like icvs (from ihad) or DreamElite 1.3.3 or New Dream Elite 1.0
you really shouldn't be having this problem
as you've scanned your sats save these settings to your pc (i use DreamboxEdit) before you put the new image on so you can reload them after
St.O

[eddman]

True I shouldn't be having all this hassle, the image I'm using is enigma 2. I might put a different image or get an internal disk at some point in the future. I have not decided yet but many thanks anyway for you help and advice. I will keep you posted when have my external or internal disk up and running.:respect-054:

[saintomer1866]

all dm800 images use enigma2 (it's the operating system)
if your getting a blue enigma2 logo at the bottom of your screen it sounds like you've got
the original bog standard image that the box was shipped with
you need to put on a more up to date image that has newer drivers
St.O

[eddman]

No, my enigma logo is not blue, it's just white writing.