Posts by number5

Thanks to both of you for your advice on this. I've got the box running on Hyperion V4 USB and it is running ok, but I'm having a bit of an issue that I hope you can give me a pointer or two about. Most, if not all, of my sly channels are freezing occasionally. I *think* it's ok and doesn't freeze when watching a Freesat channel like BBC 1, but on Sly 1 it keeps freezing.

I don't know whether it's caused by the box being slow or some problem with my Oscam settings... Do you have any pointers which may help? I'm not really sure that I'm using correct Oscam settings, but it is connected. Is Oscam an either 'working' or 'not working' kind of protocol? Or could dodgy settings make it work intermittently?

bluepassat

I tried to PM you about your Hyperion V4 backup image on 'another forum' thread but your inbox is full. I'll post my message here. If you could help I'd be very grateful..

" Hi,

I hope you don't mind me messaging you about this issue I'm having with my nBox. I found a 'fully loaded' Hyperion backup over in a thread on another forum (dated oct 2014) and have been trying to get it working but I can't get it to start, and I noticed that stevebee had the same problem as I'm having. I have restored the backup to a USB stick using Hyperion V4 in NAND, I then restart the box and try to start from the USB stick by choosing 'USB1' in my bootloader (multiboot V2). Choosing USH1 doesn't boot at all. The box will then access the USB image (The LED on the usb stick flashes as it's read), the screen of the box gets as far as 'Loading Modules' and then just hangs there.

I know on the other thread stevebee said he got it working, so I'm really hoping you'd have an idea how to get mine working too.

Thanks for any help you can offer. It looks like a great image and is exactly what I'm looking for. I even live in the North West so wouldn't even have to change any settings.

Regards,
number5 "

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nano

Sorry about that, I wasn't aware that I was breaking the rules but will make sure I don't make the same mistake again. Thanks for the bootloader link :)

Hi Blotto,

Do you have an updated link? Your OP download link appears to be dead

Quote from bluepassat

The lastest version of duo multiboot v2 is better as it supports Hyperion v4, and has more features

If you want to download any files from a site...you have to post 5 usefull posts

Hope this is of help

I can download from this forum, the problem is that I can't find Multiboot V2 on this forum. I found it on another forum but I can't download it because that forum isn't allowing any new registrations. I don't have an account there, therefore I cannot download it from there. Could someone post a download link here please?

Can someone please help, this is really starting to frustrate me and I could do with a bit of a pointer before I kick this box to pieces in a fit of rage.

Hi All,

I bought a 5800sx a few weeks ago and stupidly decided to follow Nano's guide and installed Duo Multiboot, not knowing that my box already had a later Multiboot installed (I realised later). I'm looking to reinstall whichever bootloader shows 'n-Hyperion' as one of it's options. I believe this is Duo Multiboot V2 (as apposed to V1 in nano's guide, which is what I have installed currently).

Also, I'm not sure what advantage V2 has over V1, so if anyone could give me some pointers on this too I'd be very grateful.

PS. I think I may have found the V2 zip file over on another Forum, but it says that site registration has been disabled by the admin so I can't download it. What's going on there?

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I currently have openpli installed in nand on my 5800sx but it's so unstable. I've spent AGES trying to work this box out. I'm trying to install this threads standard nand image of hyperion v4 so that I can install a fully loaded hyperion v4 USB BACKUP image via the alleged "install manager" pkt build into their Images (I'd also like to know how to get into the install manager).

Is there a way for me to just put the backup image directly onto the usb stick without all this palaver. I'm an IT Engineer and this is getting silly.

Things I have tried:

1. Flashing this image using 4 different memory cards, each time it gets stuck on UPDT, I can't find any UPDATE file ANYWHERE on the internet.
2. Formatting the USB stick via ubuntu to ext4 primary and 1 linuxswap then copying the extracted backup root files/folders over to the ext4 partition. Then setting the bootloader to USH1 (as specified). The box just ignores that anything is in there...

I'm beginning to lose all faith in this box and I seem to be stuck with a limited unstable openpli version with no tweakability, no plugins can be downloaded, no "install local extension", etc. I've had this box for 8 months and for those 8 months I have been using my core solo because of the 5800sx's unreliability. Enough is enough, the box has been taunting me from under the telly for too long. If I can get it working (and stable) then great, but if not, the box will be axed in the back garden...

Please help me...

BR Steve

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I feel the exact same way about mine. I'm an IT technician and am not used to being so flummoxed by tech! I want to throw the thing out the window. Did you manage to get a stable image from anywhere?

Ok thanks. Is the free version sufficient?

Hi, I'm really hoping your method will work for me, but I'm not sure what you mean by HD Clone Premium, I've tried to Google for it but can't find it. Can you post a link?

Hi Nano,

Thanks for that - I have no experience using OSCam. How would I configure the box to use that? Would I use a web UI via my home network and the box's IP? Or do I have to use FTP...?

Do you know of any pages where there is a basic introduction to linux boxes covering these kinds of things? I don't want to ask such basic questions on the forums if I can avoid it.

Hi all! I hope this it the right place to post this...

I recently started dabbling in satellite boxes and had an Openbox X5 for a while, but it's lack of features frustrated me, so I invested in an nBox 5800sx. The specs for my box are below.

My question is this: Below is a list of things I want to be able to do with my box, what is the best way of going about getting them?

1. I want to be able to set up a Mgcamd line
2. I want a full 7 day EPG with channel logos
3. I'd rather the OS was stored in NAND as I assume this means that I wouldn't then need to have a USB stick plugged in all the time or to have it taking up space on my hard disk.

As I said in my into post, I am new to linux boxes.. and I'm finding the plethora of OSs to be very overwhelming. I read that OpenPLI is supposed to be the bog standard OS to use, so would I be best flashing that? If so, where can I download it? (preferably also with some instructions on how to flash it).

I greatly appreciate any help any of you can offer.

Preinstalled within NAND is hyperion V4
Duel boot includes freebox and b4t

Boot options include

o Nbox

o n-Hyperion {main image it boots too}

o n-Fbox

o UPDT {update to new image if required}

o HDD1 {To boot from HD}

o HDD2

o USH1 {to boot from USB}

o USH2

o USH3

o ENV3 mac3 +HDD

o Fb-uboot {Boot options}

Thanks,
Five.