dreambox - initializing HDD - dream-elite

[Eggtastico]

My image would not initialize the HDD - I think there is a command problem between the image setting & linux.

Here is how I manually setup my drive
First download a telnet program - i use putty
connect you dreambox
& then you will need to Partition, Format & Mount
the Hard Drive

partition
type:-
fdisk /dev/sda

if you press P it will show a list
of the drives

next press n for new partition
this is for 1 partition tutorial, so press 1
and the default starting number 1
and the default end number This end number depends on your hdd size.

press P
you should now see a line similar to
Disk /dev/sda: 50.0 GB, 50019202560 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6081 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6081 48845601 83 Linux
Notice the sda1 - that is sda = drive & 1 = the partition.
If you wanted to, you could split the drive & have different sda numbers.

now we need to write the partition to the drive.
so press w

now we need to format the drive.

FORMAT
The way that worked for me was mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
another way in linux is mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda1 -- This is where I think the
error is in the image, as this way would not work for me.

Now we mount the drive

MOUNT
first we have to edit the fstab file in /etc directory.
so add the line
/dev/sda1 /media/hdd ext3 defaults 1 2
I used an ftp program & wordpad to edit.

then we type
mount /dev/sda1
or (which ever works for you)
mount /media/hdd
mkdir /media/hdd/movie


Thats all I done my drive now records & My drive will now even initalize
in the menus the way it should.

Hope thats of help to someone!

[simon 2003]

old thread info added to help -:

mine would not initialise today and i found what maybe an easier cure,,you need to edit the fstab file,this is found in ect/ ,when you right click and press edit at the bottom where it refers to your HDD it has a hash in front of it,this kind off means "no" in linux so delete hash and save and should initialise straight away mine did

[jerboa]

old thread info added to help -:

mine would not initialise today and i found what maybe an easier cure,,you need to edit the fstab file,this is found in ect/ ,when you right click and press edit at the bottom where it refers to your HDD it has a hash in front of it,this kind off means "no" in linux so delete hash and save and should initialise straight away mine did

I also having trouble with installing Hdd, so I formated it in ext3 on PC, put drive back in, went to initialise and it's saying Error: Mkfs failed.