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myname70

Member Since 17 Jan 2013
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In Topic: Flashexpander for PLi

21 April 2013 - 09:16

Thank you All :) I build my own oscam bin, will try both OE2.0 and OE1.6 toolchains and willa dvise which works better. Re the inital thread request - I undderstood - no way to run Fashexpander on OpenPli image using USb stick mounted on /media/usb :)


In Topic: Flashexpander for PLi

21 April 2013 - 08:40

Thanks. What version OSCAM BIN toolchain do you use for PBnigma image? - based on the OE2.0 or OE1.6?

 

 

It's working fine at my end. You messed up the config files somewhere, myname70...


In Topic: Flashexpander for PLi

21 April 2013 - 08:39

It's working fine at my end. You messed up the config files somewhere, myname70...

 

 

Hi

 

This is not working. The devicemanager and the (not yet available in all images...) labelmounting is part of the PB-Center - it needs some changes more in the image to work - where the pli-team is going other ways.

Our "expander" only is copying some folders to a stick and mount it over the real folder in flash - not the complete /usr folder - this is nonsens and only "warm up" the stick a bit...

 

The Images do not have any firewall - we do not think we are better than dlink or cisco ;)

 

Oscam normaly works in this images (else our Betatesters will kill us ;) )  - maybe you have to try different versions of oscam - you only need the binary and can install and uninstall it with the given tool in PB-Center.

BUT, these things are coded on boxes nobody wants to hear from, so no opensource - as we are the bad guys everywhere ;)

 

Code or used idea behind could be provided - but only in my board in consesus with my partners and admins, not elsewhere and not to "hinz and kunz"

Thank you :) Understood. Will try PB image again


In Topic: Flashexpander for PLi

20 April 2013 - 07:29

I always do that, using PBNIGMA's Device Manager, which ONLY detects attached USB sticks and HDDs (but no automounting occurs, which is killed!), so I:
 
-partition my USB stick in 2 (PB's Device manager gives you a number of options, 'cause of many different sizes and needs of various users), then
-format those partitions (again, internally, using PB Device Manager, as you want it partitioned, EXT2/3/4, FAT/FAT32, if memory serves), then
-mount them (PB Device Manager does that, too, of course, but it gives you many options as to how to do it - see below, my example), then
-make a SWAP file if one isn't created during flashing (you guessed it, PB Device Manager can do that, too - the size and place of your choosing!), then
-I "Expand", as yet another function of PBNIGMA's Device Manager, to the smaller partition (it asks you which partition do you want to Expand to)
 
...and the box reboots when it is done...
 
It simply works! Your small flash memory is "aided and abetted" by the Expander and EPG, Picons (HD Glass or any other skin), 1Channel, DDsubtitle Player, SWAP etc. are all sent to the larger partition, using small plugins for "paths" etc. etc.
 
Try PBNIGMA and use my tutorial...
 
Voila!
 
G
 
P.S. There is one little flaw, in PB Device manager, which Stibbich is addressing with a new "Labelling" system - if one has 2 identical USB sticks, the system is having issues, hence a new system is added to the old one...
You see, I am no expert - an IT lay person - but if you say you have a single device and you partitioned it in 2, then this is the problem, it seems to me.
It should be different sizes for 2 different partitions.
In your data (one of previous posts) I see the same device mounted twice, of the same size. There is the conflict.
It must be mounted differently, as 2 partitions/devices of 2 different sizes and their common size must equal that of your USB stick, which is not the case right now.
Simple maths and logic says this is wrong:
/dev/sda2                 1.8G     35.6M      1.8G   2% /media/usb

/dev/sda1                 1.8G     34.8M      1.8G   2% /media/sda1
It ought to be something like (my "df -h" output):
/dev/sda1               448.2M     25.2M    422.9M   6% /media/usb

/dev/sda2                14.2G    274.3M     14.0G   2% /media/hdd
Here is my relevant "cat /etc/fstab" output:
/media/usb           /dev/sda1            auto       defaults              0  0

/media/hdd           /dev/sda2            auto       defaults              0  0
So, automounting let you down, it seems to me.
What you need is, as I keep saying to OpenPLi, too - a good Device Manager! And the best is PB one! :)



Thanks Guys.
Is it possible to send me the PB device manager? I want to install it on the original OpenPli2.1. And in this case, shall I use the FE file from this post or some other version (from PBnigma for example?)
note: I flashed and used PBNIGMA image but OSCAM clients cannot connect to the server... something wrong with OSCAM or somw kind of firewall with PBNIGMA. That is why I reverted back to the OpenPli)

In Topic: Flashexpander for PLi

19 April 2013 - 20:31

del line

#UUID=f2cdd2f2-61af-4e6d-b462-26b7a4744058      /media/hdd      auto    defaults        1       1
UUID=f2cdd2f2-61af-4e6d-b462-26b7a4744058       /hdd    auto    defaults       
 in fstab

 

It was deleted. The same issue - FE does not find /media/usb.... The last two lines are because of Device Manager - I put to split my USB stick in two partitions.