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#1 sjlouis

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Posted 29 October 2014 - 15:01

Hi,

 

I want to install a bigger disk : 4 TO instead of the 2 TO but when I want to initialize it, there is an error (I've joined the error message). Can Openpli helps me or gives me an explanation please?

 

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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #2 janejak

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Posted 29 October 2014 - 15:46

Maby it are hardware limitations in the satellite turner? and can only use max 2 TB Disk?



Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #3 sjlouis

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Posted 29 October 2014 - 17:51

Ok but it sees there are 4 TO. If it was an hardware limitation, it can't recognize it isn'it?


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #4 Sjaaky

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Posted 29 October 2014 - 21:29

3TO or 3TB works perfectly for me. But something might have changed. Since creation of the filesystem is a background process it might complete even if enigma crashed.

Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #5 sjlouis

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 09:53

What do you want to say Sjaaky? The file system must end the operation even if Enigma can't do the initialisation?


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #6 sjlouis

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 10:27

I wanted to use Gparted but it can't create partitions bigger than 2 TO. i don't know what to do.


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #7 Sjaaky

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 10:35

The mkfs process is started as a background process and might complete even if enigma failed.

 

On second look at the stacktrace, I see it already fails in killPartitiontable. This a very early step in the process and probably fails because it doesn't determine the devicename correctly.



Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #8 Sjaaky

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 10:41

Enigma can use parted, but in my installation it uses /usr/sbin/sfdisk.



Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #9 sjlouis

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 11:00

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand : I wanted to use Gparted on my PC which is a software tool, to initialize the disk.

 

And when you write your Enigma uses /usr/sbin/sfdisk, ok and I think it' s the same thing on my box because I don't touch anything.


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #10 Sjaaky

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 11:57

I wanted to use Gparted on my PC which is a software tool, to initialize the disk.

 

Make sure you use a version that supports GPT, which should be common, and create a GPT partition table.



Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #11 blzr

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 12:34

http://sourceforge.n...dd5cf26989fb1f/

seems that to initialize >2TB disks in the STB you need to use parted (which, in theory, should be automatically installed, when a 'large' disk is detected during initialization)...
possibly you can check if you have parted installed:
opkg list-installed parted
and if not, you can try to install it manually and then try again...
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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #12 sjlouis

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 12:46

Ok but I think this disk has a problem because when I install it in my PC, it is very very slow and Windows doesn't want to start. When I start with Gparted, the PC is also very very slow and Gparted lists a very big lot of errors and I can't do anything with this disk :wacko: .

 

I have also a 3 TO disk and neither Windows, neither Gparted have any problem.


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #13 MiLo

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 14:24

E2 should support something way over the terabyte range, 4TB shouldn't be a problem.

Judging from the error message you got, E2 isn't able to write to the disk AT ALL.

This is all theory of course, my largest disk is 1,5T.

I'll trade a new 4GB disk for an ET9000 or VU ultimo or so :)
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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #14 sjlouis

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Posted 30 October 2014 - 16:06

I think the disk is bad. I'm going to try to change it.

 

Thank you Milo :) .


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #15 sjlouis

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Posted 16 November 2014 - 11:19

I returned the disk because it seems to be bad, I received another one, it works well and I can use it in only one partition of 4 TO :) .


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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #16 Pike_Bishop

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Posted 16 November 2014 - 13:10

Hi,

 

@blzr,

 

 

seems that to initialize >2TB disks in the STB you need to use parted (which, in theory, should be automatically installed, when a 'large' disk is detected during initialization)...
possibly you can check if you have parted installed:

that's absolutely correct and it works also in practice :)  i have test it some months ago.

also if users want to do that manually it's possible to do this directly on the box with telnet (no pc needed).

 

but one thing thereto (for a internal disc it works without problems) but here i have an external case for hdd with usb-2.0 and esata

and if i connect it with usb-2.0 to the box then it didn't work to initialize it correct because then a 3 tb hdd is only recognised with a capacity

of circa 800 mb ( maybe it's a limit from the usb chip on this case but i don't know).

if i connect the case then with esata then initialize works correct with hdds greater then 2 tb in this case.

 

 

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Edited by Biki3, 16 November 2014 - 13:11.

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Re: Is not it possible to use a big hard disk (4 TO)? #17 sjlouis

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Posted 16 November 2014 - 13:45

As I have connected the disk in esata, I could initialize it from the Main menu, something as "System", "Hard disk", "Initialisation" in English I think.

 

1.5 year ago, it only saw 800 GB in esata for a 3 TO "virgin" disk, that's why I did 2 partitions. Now it's good :) .


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