Disc installation/initialisation illustrated tutorial v2

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Well wen i got my duo i opened it up and before switchin it on connected up hdd then flashed vix image amd then initialized hdd and that was it all set up and running. Some have had to flash original image in order to get hdd initialized and then flash their desired image. But its upto u mate

Sure I'll give that a bash so - I got a Samsung HD103SJ SpinPoint F3 1TB 7200RPM SATA II 3GB/s 32MB earlier and people in the other thread have said that it works ok in the Duo.

Thx

[Billy-bob]

I just read through your tutorial fantastic work, am currently running VIX 2.3 would I have re flash it back to its original firmware or could I just install the hard drive it would work. If i have to re-Flash where could I get the original firmware from ?

Thank you

[xarqi]

I just read through your tutorial fantastic work, am currently running VIX 2.3 would I have re flash it back to its original firmware or could I just install the hard drive it would work. If i have to re-Flash where could I get the original firmware from ?

Thank you

Ah - yeah! I got the PM, but then something came up - sorry.
The thing is, I've never seen any need to use any image other than the one loaded on my Duo when I got it, and that is openPLi, so I can't answer first hand. I do know that there is an archive of original images for download on this site somewhere though, if that helps at all.

Maybe someone who has initialised discs using VIX can comment more usefully.

[Davegun]

Thanks for this tutorial, must be one of the best written and illustrated i have seen.

[sunlight786]

hi, i am trying to install seagate internal sta hdd in vu+duo with BH 1.7.1 image and post 1 tut i follow till step4 and get this errer

unable to complete filestem check.
error:fsck failed

any help please

[Clabs]

hi, i am trying to install seagate internal sta hdd in vu+duo with BH 1.7.1 image and post 1 tut i follow till step4 and get this errer

unable to complete filestem check.
error:fsck failed

any help please

Sunlight

In BH, press Blue button, Blue button which takes you to Blackhole E2 Settings. Scroll down to Device Manager and select that. You should see your HDD listed there. Highlight it and press Yellow to format it. When finished, press Red for Mountpoints. Highlight your device and press Right Arrow until you see /media/hdd then press Red to save.

Worth doing a proper shutdown from here - Long Power Button press and Shutdown.

When you restart, go back into Device Manager again and see that your drive is still listed correctly with the /media/hdd Mountpoint.

That's it - job done. No need to initialise or Filesystem Check.

Report back and let us know how it goes.

Cheers, Mark

[Clabs]

Double post - disregard.

[drew5234]

This was brill....Thanks

[art-sat]

Thank you! I have just done it. So easy, thank you again!

[shank]

Thank you very much, couldnt figure out how to screw my drive in, your guide is truly excellent and made it child play ....finally can record...oh happy days

[deckymckeown]

Folks, a quick question, and hopefully someone will have a quick answer for me....

Im setting up a new vu duo for a mate. He has given me over an old 250gb hard drive from a pc. Ive just opened the duo and noticed that the power and connector cable (which is the red lead inside?) do not fit the hard drive.

I installed an internal hard drive at my own house years ago, but i cant get at it now to as it is in built in a display cabinet, so i cant have a look inside it. I could be wrong, but i think i used a similar 3.5 hdd in my own.
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So my question is, can i buy a connector to use with this hard drive? it has a 4 pin power adapter, then a 4 pin section with a jumper, and a large serial port.

Its a seagate 250gb and at the bottom it refers to connection with an Ultra ATA cable if this helps - i can also upload a photo if that makes it easier too

Thanks in advance

[Stanman]

The box is SATA and your HDD is ide so will need a convertor for it

[matbb]

My word Ive just joined so informative wow thank you

[Scales]

Perfect

Thanx

[deemi786]

Hi there, just read the entire thread and still wasnt 100% so apologies for possibly a stupid question. I am eagerly awaiting the Duo today, comes pre built with VIX, i have a few hard drives floating about but im pretty sure they have data on them and are in NTFS. I dont mind losing the data but my question was prior to installing it into the DUO do i need to format it with FAT32 and then shove it in or is the initialisation process on the DUO formatting it to its own prop format so no need for me to do anything?

Second question i also have some samsung EVO SSD drives and some iceydocks, is there any advantage of putting an SSD in there as opposed to a normal drive? if so ill whack that in...

Great tutorial by the way!