Problem getting HDD to initialise

[Donnchadh]

I have just bought a Samsung 1TB SATA HDD for my VU+ Duo.
I'm running the latest Dream Elite image.

The VU+ does not initialise the hard disk.

I've tried(using DCC and PuttyTel) to "unmount" the hdd using the command: unmount /media/hdd - but get the message "-sh: unmount: not found". I don't know how to make contact with this HDD, either via FTP or Telnet, so I don't know if the HDD is partitioned or formatted.

My PC recognises the Samsung in "Disk Management",(but does not show it under "my computer").

Can anyone help me?

 

[Bacardi]

have you tried the mount manager in dreamelite image?



Btw

Welcome

 

[Ferret]

Hi mate

You could try a quick format to NTFS in windows you can use disk manager for that, but before that press the blue button twice for device manager do you see the drive?

Ferret

 

[aqa]

i had same problem. try different image to get it to work

 

[Ferret]

This is not a image problem well i dont think so i have used the exact same HDD on my VU and initialized it with Dream Elite.

If you don't see the disk management Menu under Menu- setup then it is not seeing the drive just format to NTFS and the VU will see it and you will be able to initialize it.

Ferret

 

[levi45]

I have just bought a Samsung 1TB SATA HDD for my VU+ Duo.
I'm running the latest Dream Elite image.

The VU+ does not initialise the hard disk.

I've tried(using DCC and PuttyTel) to "unmount" the hdd using the command: unmount /media/hdd - but get the message "-sh: unmount: not found". I don't know how to make contact with this HDD, either via FTP or Telnet, so I don't know if the HDD is partitioned or formatted.

My PC recognises the Samsung in "Disk Management",(but does not show it under "my computer").

Can anyone help me?

i had the same probs then i used the original imege then did initialise the hdd
have a go....

 

[andyblac]

the command is not "unmount" it is "umount"

try typing: df (and enter)

it should list all the mounted devices, then try fidsk -l (dev name, without the number). it probably is not listed as it might not be formatted, try this anyway:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

you should see (hopefully) something like this:

[PGI ~]$ fdisk -l  /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1               1         125     1004031  83 Linux
/dev/sda2             126      121476   974751907+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3          121477      121601     1004062+ 83 Linux

that should list the partitions on the hdd, partition 1 is my swap partition, partition 2 is my main partition, partition 3 is my engma2 boot partition.

tell me what you see and i can help you partition & format it manually.

andy.

 

[Donnchadh]

Hi - many thanks for the reply.

df command shows:
files system = /dev/sda1
mounted on = /media/sda1

When I try the fdisk command, the response is, "not found"

 

[andyblac]

Hi - many thanks for the reply.

df command shows:
files system = /dev/sda1
mounted on = /media/sda1

When I try the fdisk command, the response is, "not found"

it looks like it is partitioned and formatted already, just mounted in the incorrect place, try the following:

umount /media/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /hdd

i don't have my Vu+ yet, so i'm giving you stuff that works in the normal enigma2 environment.

andy.

 

[Donnchadh]

Many, many thanks, andyblac.
Your suggestion did the trick!

 

[andyblac]

Many, many thanks, andyblac.
Your suggestion did the trick!

np, glad you got it sorted


andy.

 

[s305103]

the command is not "unmount" it is "umount"

try typing: df (and enter)

it should list all the mounted devices, then try fidsk -l (dev name, without the number). it probably is not listed as it might not be formatted, try this anyway:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

you should see (hopefully) something like this:

[PGI ~]$ fdisk -l  /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1               1         125     1004031  83 Linux
/dev/sda2             126      121476   974751907+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3          121477      121601     1004062+ 83 Linux

that should list the partitions on the hdd, partition 1 is my swap partition, partition 2 is my main partition, partition 3 is my engma2 boot partition.

tell me what you see and i can help you partition & format it manually.

andy.

I cant get my harddisk to work.
I`m trying til initialise but without any luck.

I think i have to try to partition and format manually.
Anyone who can help me??

 

[Ferret]

I cant get my hard disk to work.
I`m trying til initialize but without any luck.

I think i have to try to partition and format manually.
Anyone who can help me??

Do you see the Harddisk menu under Menu-setup-system?

What image are you using and is the hard drive new or been previously used for another purpose if so what?

Ferret

 

[s305103]

I see the harddisk under the setup menu.

I`m using Dream Elite (last edition i think) and the disk is Box fresh....

 

[Ferret]

So when you click on initialize do you have any errors?

Not sure what size drive you have but a 1tb drive can take quite a while to initialize.

You could try formating to NTFS under windows and retry It seems Dream Elite may have some issues down to needing to map the drives which can be done by pressing the blue button twice and then device manager. If not try initialize with a image you may have running in meo boot.

There should be no problems really with a new drive.

Ferret

 

[lehman05]

Thanks to cp1871, this guide worked for my 1.5tb western digital.

Connect to your box via telnet and tape this commands :

umount /media/hdd
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 (it takes approximately 15 minutes)

mount /media/hdd

Finally, create a folder "movie" :

mkdir /media/hdd/movie

 

[levi45]

i have initialise my samsung 2tb hdd on original imege and take me 8 minutes........

 

[Ferret]

It totally confuses me why some have to resort to telnet to mount and initise a hdd with the DE image.

So much so much so i formatted a old drive to ntfs and installed it in the vu and powered up.

Then press the blue button twice then device manager.

Red button for mount points scroll to HDD and use the <> buttons on your remote to map the drive to /dev/sda1

Save then exit.

On your remote Menu setup system Hard drive initialize.

Worked for me !

Ferret

 

[andyblac]

you might want to use the flag "-m 0" as mkfs.ext3 reserves 5% of disk space for root access, thats 50gb on a 1 TB and 100gb on a 2TB drive the "-m 0" tells it to use 0%, so try:

mkfs.ext3 -m 0 /dev/sda1

a 100gb is quite a few hours of recoding time .

just a thought

Andy.