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BrianFWombat
19-05-12, 17:23
I have recently bought an ET9200 and am loving it but I only installed a 250GB disc to start with since I thought I probably wouldn't use the box much!
This was a tactical error and I now need to increase the capacity. I have a 2yr old 1TB drive hanging around so I thought this would be a good candidate.
Does anyone have any bright ideas how I could copy the content off the installed 250GB drive and onto the 1TB drive?
Install 1TB drive and then somehow connect the 250GB externally?
Thanks
BfW
That going to be your best bet, buying a cheap USB caddy for it.
Rob van der Does
19-05-12, 17:34
Or copy the files to another location first (PC, NAS), and later copy them to the box.
I use one internal HDD on my ET9000 and one through USB...I telnet in and run a nohup cp -r to copy files across overnight :)
BrianFWombat
19-05-12, 17:52
Actually I tried to copy the files onto my ReadyNAS Duo across the network but didn't do too well... I think this was possibly due to my rather dodgy powerline network (which spans two consumer units)...
I might move the NAS nearer and try again.
If that doesn't work. I'll try to connect the disc externally either via USB or eSATA. I'll have to buy an adapter/case of some kind as I don't have that.
Incidentally, does rsync exist for VIX/ET9200? My last attempt at nohup cp resulted in a hang and little info... a progression of dots would have been reassuring.
Regards
BfW
Rob van der Does
19-05-12, 17:57
You would best copy the files via the filemanager on the box itself (file-list --> copy --> navigate to the correct location). Best do that recording by recording.
I would seriously consider whether this is worth the effort. I changed HDD couple of months ago and had about 20 recordings - mostly HD and it took the best part of 12 hours to get it done.
BrianFWombat
20-05-12, 11:45
I moved the NAS nearer and copied the files off. No problem.
I removed the 250GB disc and replaced with a 1TB one...
... I restarted
The box just loops now with an error...
Traceback
/usr/lib/enigma2/python/mytest.py, line 453 in runScreenTest
nav = Navigation(config.misc.isNextRecordTimerAfterEvent ActionAuto.value
Not sure what to do here... Is it having trouble reading a config value from a hdd that no longer exists or is it trying to work out a recording schedule or trying to start an active timer to a hdd that doesn't exist!
I can still telnet in to the box so I presume all is not lost.
Any suggestions?
Regards
BfW
ideally i would have first placed the blank drive into the receiver and initialised it from within the image then transferred the data over you wanted to keep. i suspect this is a problem because the drive has not been initialised ( formatted by the image ).
BrianFWombat
20-05-12, 11:51
Not sure if this was the right thing to do but...
root@et9x00:/etc/enigma2# mv timers.xml timers.xml.orig
root@et9x00:/etc/enigma2#
Seemed to get me out of the loop
so it would seem you have a problem with your timers.xml file. is this a old timers.xml file from a older image ?
Rob van der Does
20-05-12, 12:11
Or due to the changed but not yet initialised HDD the recording-location wasn't correct any more.
I would suggest to sort out the HDD first, check recording-location and re-install the same timer.xml again.
BrianFWombat
20-05-12, 13:27
I renamed timers.xml, inited the new disc, renamed timers.xml back, restarted. All is well.
My timers list in enigma2 is now blank which is a bit odd so i'm not sure what was going on but it all seems to work and I have a 1TB disc which is nice.
This is a new box, i'm also a newbie, so it's probably only ever had this image... which was installed by the folks who supplied the box... WoS.
Regards
BfW
Rob van der Does
20-05-12, 14:32
Ah, sorry, I should have warned you: only make changes after stopping enigma2 (telnet: 'init 4', and 'init 3' to start e2 after making the change). As Enigma has all in memory, it will overwrite any changes when made when it's alive.
BrianFWombat
20-05-12, 18:14
No big deal; All working now.
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