hard drive format

[alankellyeire]

hey getting a new 2tb hard drive for my duo tomorrow and want to know what is the best format for it. i have my current one formated to fat32 but it can't record much hd material as fat32 got a 4g file size limit. i need a format that is user friendy for a mac as i will be transferring files from my mac thru ftp. not sure if that makes a difference.

thanks

[bokkie]

Re: hard drive format

I've always just stuck them straight in the stb and initialised and mounted them with no problems. Never been limited to file size either.

[alankellyeire]

Re: hard drive format

hey i just got the drive and stuck it in and initialise a few seconds later i get this msg.

initializing storage device...
error: mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-dec-2010)
warning: unable to get device geometry for /dev/sda1/dev/sda1: memory allocation failed while setting up superblock.

any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

[naiarty]

Re: hard drive format

Try delete and format in windows with _Fat 32 Formater.























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[alankellyeire]

Re: hard drive format

don't got a windows computer got a mac laptop.
im assuming i can't do it thru ftp??

thanks for the quick reply

[bokkie]

Re: hard drive format

Unmount the hdd and try initialise it again.

[alankellyeire]

Re: hard drive format

[QUOTE=bokkie;260984]Unmount the hdd and try initialise it again.[/QUOTE]


i tried that earlier but get still get the same problem.
is the 2tb drive to big for it to recognize??
got the open pli image if that makes a difference.

[bokkie]

Re: hard drive format

I have read of incompatibilty issues with hdd larger than 1 tb, but not sure if some are ok.
Have you tried formatting it on your pc as described in post 4?

[alankellyeire]

Re: hard drive format

[QUOTE=bokkie;261002]I have read of incompatibilty issues with hdd larger than 1 tb, but not sure if some are ok.
Have you tried formatting it on your pc as described in post 4?[/QUOTE]

i can't because i have no way to connevt it to my mac laptop.

any other ideas

[bokkie]

Re: hard drive format

If you could get hold of a caddy wnd hook it up that way? Really not sure if it'll help though, but you can try.
What make is the hard drive? There is a list somewhere of incompatible hdd with vu+ duo.

[mahrkpat]

Re: hard drive format

You can format the hard drive using a Mac to fat32 :

Disk Utility is an application. It's in a folder called "Utilities" in the "Applications" folder on your computer's hard drive. You can get to it quickly by clicking on the spotlight icon (the magnifying glass) in the upper right corner of your screen, and typing "disk utility."

Once in disk utility, select your external drive in the list on the left of the Disk Utility window, and click "erase". Select FAT32 as your file format, name the volume, and click the "erase" option.

But because of the error you are getting the problem might be a compatibility issue, do a little research to make sure, try partitioning it to show that your main partition is a smaller size see if that makes a difference.

[alankellyeire]

Re: hard drive format

[QUOTE=bokkie;261008]If you could get hold of a caddy wnd hook it up that way? Really not sure if it'll help though, but you can try.
What make is the hard drive? There is a list somewhere of incompatible hdd with vu+ duo.[/QUOTE]

i guess i won't be able to record for a while
this is the harddrive i got. i only got it because on another forum someone told me they had the 1tb version in there vu duo and it worked perfect.

http://scan.co.uk./products/2tb-wd-wd20earx-caviar-green-quiet-sata-6gb-s-intellipower-%285900rpm%29-64mb-cache-8ms-hdd-oem

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24608-vu-duo-anynet&p=187942#post187942

i'll do a search for compatible hdd.

thanks