Set up hdd on zgemma h2s help

[Craigs dad]

New to this box, not sure of how to set recording to hdd, can anyone help? Would like a walk through with set up. Basically went to setup clicked through to recording and time shift, recording settings dropped down to timer recording location, clicked on internal flash, list inc hdd appears so clicked on that, came out of that and saved but still when I click on add recording it shows write error when recording Disk full. I'm sure I'm missing something. I'm sure I've read that the hdd needs initialising but can't see how to do it. Ps I've put a micro card in the side of box and still nothing so perhaps I've altered some settings😳

[happy_highlander]

What size of hdd are you using and if you've already recorded to the flash (internal) then you will need to reflash the box to clear it but don't flash anything unless you have all the details you will need to put it right again

[Craigs dad]

Havnt recorded anything! Someone set the box up for me and I decided I wanted to use a 160gig hd(it's one I had lying about) hopefully It can be sorted without re flashing it

[happy_highlander]

Can't really help with hdd initialisation unless you tell us what image your using

[Craigs dad]

Sorry meant to do that in first post. Think it's open tv blue HD

[ramjet]

if you had a hdd lying about it wont be partitioned or formatted correctly (to linux ext 3 or 4) unless you have intitialised and formatted it using your box and menus

and as stated earlier, if you dont telll people enough information like image and version being used nobody can advise you , same as if you asked where reverse is on your car, ? but you dont give the make and model

edit, more like openATV , not open tv , or maybe openpli or openvix ? should be a version number too

[Craigs dad]

Yes your right, should have gone to specsavers its openATV version 5.3 I've gone from an open box to to this and it's seems a tremendous jump!

[P&D]

Yes your right, should have gone to specsavers its openATV version 5.3 I've gone from an open box to to this and it's seems a tremendous jump!

It is but you will see the difference once setup.... & never look back
stick in there .....your on the best forum for advice.....i was in your boat 2 years back
seemed very Challenging...& i thought i would never get the knowledge to setup the box & get it running right

With plenty of help from members it became a breeze & 2nd nature
once you get the basics right....then you can start to load plugin's & then it get's even better

there is a lot you can do with the E2 systems that you cannot do with the cheap open boxes

Good luck & happy learning mate

[happy_highlander]

To format and mount hdd on open atv press the blue button then scroll down to harddisk on the left hand panel then scroll right to initialisation and follow the on screen instructions. You scroll by using the arrows that surround the ok button on the remote. This will format and mount the hdd. You then restart the box using the shutdown menu (hold down the power button on the remote) once restarted the hdd will be ready to go. Just fir the record OpenAtv 5.3 is still in it's very very early release stages don't be surprised if it has some little bugs but keep it updated and you will be fine

[Craigs dad]

Many thanks for the info, will try it when I get in from work😄

[happy_highlander]

Forget the part I mentioned about updating a 5.3 image. Like I said it is in very early stages and any OpenAtv 5.3 image produced before 31-03 will not update online and a full reflash is needed. But don't just jump into a full reflash unless you have certain details and are cabable of reinstalling said details in the correct place because that is a part we cannot help with. Everything else we can talk you through.

[Craigs dad]

Followed instructions, got mount manager up detected hdd on usb:1A pressed red use as hdd , setup mounts pressed got the choice of media/ hdd hdd2 hdd3 usb usb2 usb3 mmc mmc2 mmc3 usr sda1 which one please tried media usb saved and rebooted but no recording

[happy_highlander]

I never mentioned mount manager lol. OpenAtv will automount a single attached device as /media/hdd after initialisation (which was what i said to use) but choose /media/hdd as all your recording defaults use that as long as you have formatted hdd

[Craigs dad]

Sorry I'm a bit confused�� pressed blue button and get quick launch menu on the left it give software manager, softcam,system,mounts,network,av setup,tuner setup,plugins. Mounts had been mentioned so went for that! Mount manager was red to use as hdd,green set up mount then choose where to mount /media/hdd then save then restart system. After reboot it's still when asking it to record it's as write error when recording? Doesn't know if this is anything but the only way I could get the hdd mounted was I'd it's formatted to ntfc, wouldn't accept exfat (win 10)

[happy_highlander]

To format and mount hdd on open atv press the blue button then scroll down to harddisk on the left hand panel then scroll right to initialisation and follow the on screen instructions. You scroll by using the arrows that surround the ok button on the remote. This will format and mount the hdd. You then restart the box using the shutdown menu (hold down the power button on the remote) once restarted the hdd will be ready to go. Just fir the record OpenAtv 5.3 is still in it's very very early release stages don't be surprised if it has some little bugs but keep it updated and you will be fine

Here are my instructions again. You need to read them properly. Btw harddisk is on second page AFTER plugins

[Craigs dad]

Doe! A second page��

[Craigs dad]

Got it working ���� many thanks to happy_highlander for for his time and information. No doubt I'll be be back with the next problem��

[tykeboy]

Hi, I'm new here and I've got a problem with an external HDD. My H2S doesn't seem to have an option to setup the disk so I set it up myself as follows. The disk is a Toshiba 320Gb 2.5" in a USB caddy.

I partitioned the disk into 270Gb and 50Gb partitions.
The 270Gb is FAT32 and the 50Gb is EXT4.
I used the setup menu to select the locations for recording and timeshift. The 270Gb partition usually shows up as sdb1 and the 50Gb as sdb2. I select the appropriate devices and everything seems to work ok, recordings record and pause/rewind works.
The next day I find that neither work and the sdba/2 devices have disappeared. A reboot and wading through the menus again gets it all working again. Sometimes the 2 partitions show up as something like MQ01ABD032 (partition 2).

What's going on here?

System info:-
Zgemma H.2S
Chipset 7362
CPU BCM7362A0 (751 MHz)
Cores 2
Version 5.3
Build 0
Kernel 4.0.1
Drivers 2016-12-30
GStreamer 1.9.0 (GIT)
Python 2.7.11
Installed 2016-10-02
Last update 2017-01-02

Any help much appreciated.

[happy_highlander]

Single partition or mount the big partition /media/hdd and the small one /media/USB you might still get mount errors with two partitions though regardless of Mount settings

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[tykeboy]

Hi mate, thanks for the reply. Should it just be one big EXT4 partition for both recording and timeshift? It will only accept a range of formats for timeshift (including EXT4 but excluding FAT32).

How do you go about mounting the disk as /media/hdd? I can't see any options in the menus to do that, do you have to get to the command line somehow?

By the way I'm a software developer with quite a bit of UNIX experience so the command line doesn't frighten me.....

[happy_highlander]

Go through the disk initialisation wizard and choose ext4 then hdd if it asks. Most images nowadays will mount a single partition to /media/hdd by default

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[tykeboy]

I'll give it a go tonight, but I've not seen Disk Initialisation Wizard anywhere in the menus. How do I get to it?

[tykeboy]

and as stated earlier, if you dont tell people enough information like image and version being used nobody can advise you

Sorry but I'm new to this machine and software etc.
Where would I find the information you're asking for? What is the "image" you mentioned?
When the machine reboots it says it's Wooshbuild something or other, is that what you mean?
My original post gave all the information under the "About" option in the menus. See below.

System info:-
Zgemma H.2S
Chipset 7362
CPU BCM7362A0 (751 MHz)
Cores 2
Version 5.3
Build 0
Kernel 4.0.1
Drivers 2016-12-30
GStreamer 1.9.0 (GIT)
Python 2.7.11
Installed 2016-10-02
Last update 2017-01-02

[happy_highlander]

I'll give it a go tonight, but I've not seen Disk Initialisation Wizard anywhere in the menus. How do I get to it?
Never used whooshbuild but on open atv you get it by pressing the blue button, that brings up a new menu and you'll find it in there. Not saying it will be under the blue button but try the coloured buttons to see what they do lol

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[tykeboy]

Hi happy_highlander, I found the mount menu under the blue button. I've deleted the small partition and created a full disk EXT3 partition and set it as hdd as you suggested. It seems to be working so far, I expect I'll find out tomorrow. Many thanks for your help, if you lived locally I'd buy you a pint.

[tykeboy]

Hi, everything seems to be working fine now. Many thanks folks.