Kefalonia
18-01-11, 17:07
Having had numerous problems trying to install a Western Digital WD15EADS Hard drive in a VU+ Duo, Please could someone clarify the correct way to install a hard drive using this box and VIX 1.3 Image menus without telnet'ing into the box via the command line.
I have found 2 relevant menu areas involved in hard drive setup.
1) Menu>Setup>System>Harddisk
- Options: Initialisation & File system check
2) Menu>Setup>Vix>Devicesmanager
- Options: Mountpoints, Repartition and Format.
Q/ What is the Initialisation option in 1) and what does it do?
Q/ Once a hard drive is physically installed should the hard drive be Repartitioned, Formatted and then mounted via Mountpoints to /media/hdd ?
What additional steps need to be made to ensure this hard drive is ready for recording?
How does the user setup the folder movies located at /media/hdd/movies via the menu options without using telnet and the command line?
I'd appreciate it if someone could list the exact steps to setup a hard drive using the menu options , so that it is ready to record using a VU+ duo.
Many people have given many different pieces of advice to set up a hard drive but no one has done it in a simple and straightforward way that works using Vix 1.3.
Please could someone give a concise and accurate procedure to get hard drives working under VIX 1.3, to help fellow VU+ users without diving into the command line.
If the command line has to be mentioned please could someone explain all the necessary commands along with clear explanations for each step.
I repartitioned & formatted my hard drive via the menu options.
I then used telnet to connect to the box, logged in under root and then issued commands at the command line.
I mounted my hard drive /dev/sda1 to /media/hdd using the mount command.
i.e mount /dev/sda1 /media/hdd
A movie folder was created at /media/hdd using the command mkdir.
i.e mkdir /media/hdd/movie
My hard drive would only record once this last step had been completed.
Whilst trying to get my hard drive installed I used the initialisation and File system
check options under Menu >System>Hardisk.
1) Menu>Setup>System>Harddisk
- Options: Initialisation & File system check
I didn't know what initialisation meant or did.
The file system check kept throwing up errors, indicating a valid file system wasn't present. Vix 1.4 needs to make setting up a hard drive far simpler and more step by step, removing guesswork from the process.
Any help great fully received to clarify this procedure for any VU+ duo users learning to use VIX 1.3 following behind .
I have found 2 relevant menu areas involved in hard drive setup.
1) Menu>Setup>System>Harddisk
- Options: Initialisation & File system check
2) Menu>Setup>Vix>Devicesmanager
- Options: Mountpoints, Repartition and Format.
Q/ What is the Initialisation option in 1) and what does it do?
Q/ Once a hard drive is physically installed should the hard drive be Repartitioned, Formatted and then mounted via Mountpoints to /media/hdd ?
What additional steps need to be made to ensure this hard drive is ready for recording?
How does the user setup the folder movies located at /media/hdd/movies via the menu options without using telnet and the command line?
I'd appreciate it if someone could list the exact steps to setup a hard drive using the menu options , so that it is ready to record using a VU+ duo.
Many people have given many different pieces of advice to set up a hard drive but no one has done it in a simple and straightforward way that works using Vix 1.3.
Please could someone give a concise and accurate procedure to get hard drives working under VIX 1.3, to help fellow VU+ users without diving into the command line.
If the command line has to be mentioned please could someone explain all the necessary commands along with clear explanations for each step.
I repartitioned & formatted my hard drive via the menu options.
I then used telnet to connect to the box, logged in under root and then issued commands at the command line.
I mounted my hard drive /dev/sda1 to /media/hdd using the mount command.
i.e mount /dev/sda1 /media/hdd
A movie folder was created at /media/hdd using the command mkdir.
i.e mkdir /media/hdd/movie
My hard drive would only record once this last step had been completed.
Whilst trying to get my hard drive installed I used the initialisation and File system
check options under Menu >System>Hardisk.
1) Menu>Setup>System>Harddisk
- Options: Initialisation & File system check
I didn't know what initialisation meant or did.
The file system check kept throwing up errors, indicating a valid file system wasn't present. Vix 1.4 needs to make setting up a hard drive far simpler and more step by step, removing guesswork from the process.
Any help great fully received to clarify this procedure for any VU+ duo users learning to use VIX 1.3 following behind .