Posts by FlexMcMurphy

Thanks Gorski,

You have a fuseblk file system on that big usb drive and I can't see what is the partition type.

I want to put an EXT4 file system on a GPT partition. This is the set up I need. I would really like to confirm if the Linux OS in the zgemma h7s has compiled support for that partition type. That information could be confirmed with a setting like: CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y

There might be a config file in the boot directory and you could use a command something like:

# cat /boot/config-2.6.37-8-generic | grep "CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION"

Or there may be a compressed archive file in the proc directory and you could use a command something like:

# sudo zcat /proc/config.gz > Kconfig

.. and then open the file and search for CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION.

Grateful for your help!

Flex

Hello,

I am using an Amiko Alien2 since 2013. It still works ok. For the last few years I have made TV recordings from the Alien2 to an attached 1TB external USB drive. Recently I bought a 4TB usb external drive. I have tried many things but the Alien2 won't recognise it and it's because its PKT Hyperion image is based on the Linux/GNU Kernel 2.6.32.59 which has no EFI/GPT partition support. When I run the #fdisk -l command with the drive connected to the Alien2 I get the message: "fdisk - device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them" and then i can't mount the drive.

I see the zgemma boxes comes with at least Linux Kernel 4.1.

Question:

Can anyone please test if a zgemma h7 running an enigma2 image such as OpenATV will recognise an attached USB 4TB hard drive? As long as the drive is bigger than 2TiB and formatted with a GPT partition type that's all I need to know. I suppose you could test with an internal drive and that would be the same.

You could run the command # fdisk -l or # fdisk /dev/sdb (or whatever your drive is attached at)

Here is my 4TB drive attached to a Raspberry Pi showing the drive size 3.7TiB and gpt partition type.

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Thank you,

Flex

Thanks Ahmed,

I got OpenATV 6.3 on my Amiko Alien2. It's a nice clean interface.

Unfortunately it is still based on an old Linux Kernel. The version is: 2.6.32.71 It doesn't support EFI/GPT partitions and the Mount command also won't mount the USB drive that I formatted just as ext4 with no partition.

# mount /dev/sda /mnt/test

Raspbian OS on a Raspberry Pi DOES mount this usb drive even though it doesn't have a partition.

I suppose there will never be an enigma2 image for the Alien2 with a recent kernel that supports GPT partitions. Alien2 is old hardware!

Thanks for your help anyway,

Flex

Cheers gorski,

I am limited by the Amiko Alien2 box, lack of technical knowledge and understanding of other options!

I have a 4TB external USB drive. Yes, I also thought about partitioning it into two each less than 2TiB but then I found a post on SuperUser and this page and am now not sure it would be safe to store valuable data on a drive with two large MBR partitions. Maybe the guy on that page is being overly cautious?

Another mod on here, ahmed gazye, suggested I install OpenATV 6.3. I'm not sure what Linux Kernel it has. When I tried flashing it in the age old way with Spark e2upgrade plugin I was using back in 2013 I got the error: Cannot Find Kernel File, Upgrade failed. Maybe OpenATV has a new kernel and that plugin won't flash it? Do you know anything about that?

Cheers,

Flex

Thank you both for replying.

My Amiko Alien2 has Linux Kernel 2.6! This kernel version doesn't support EFI GPT partitions which I need to use the whole of the 4TB USB drive. I tried attaching the drive to a Pi on the network and using that as a network attached source but I found playback freezing every 10-15mins so it's not reliable... again I suspect because the Alien2 just hasn't got enough power or memory.

I want to format as ext4 rather than ntfs because I want to use rsync to backup to a second drive and preserve timestamps. I also tried formatting the whole drive as ext4 with no partition. This did mount when attached to a Raspberry Pi. It did not mount when attached to the Alien2. It has a stripped down BusyBox Mount command that I guess hasn't got all the features of a normal Mount command so Alien2 won't mount a partition-less drive.

This leaves me with no option but to format the 4TB drive in Alien2 up to the max 2TiB the MBR partition type supports. I'll stick with that until I finally upgrade to a decent new linux satellite box!

Cheers,

Flex

Here is what fdisk shows about the attached 4TB USB drive. It is partitioned as EXT4 using GPT partition type. Maybe the OS on my Amiko Alien2 doesn't understand the GPT partition type?

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Any help much appreciated!

Flex

Hello,

I have an Amiko Alien2 and still after so many years I am running a PKT Hyperion image on it from around 2015!

For years I was using an external 1TB usb drive to record movies from the box which worked great. Now I have a 4TB drive I want to use. The Alien2 doesn't recognise it. I do #blkid -o list and #df -h but the Alien2 does not see the drive.

I think the problem is something to do with fdisk cannot work with partitions being bigger than 2TB? But I have already partitioned the drive with Parted in a different linux OS so shouldn't Alien2 just recognise it?

Hope you can hep me!

Flex

Hello

I'm setting up HDMU on my Alien2. I have scanned channels in and using DreamBoxEdit I delete channels I don't want and create favourites (Bouquets).

However, after I save and "Send Files to Dreambox" the new bouquets are there on my Alien but ALL the channels I originally scanned in are still there too including the ones I deleted using DBEdit.

How do I permanently delete certain channels in DBEdit so when I send the files back to my Alien box the deleted channels will be... deleted!

Flex