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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    Upshot is I bought a Seagate 2TB SkyHawk from amazon for £64. Fitted it and all is well. Would like to thank all the people that helped..much appreciated.
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    I can't see a percentage progress on telnet?
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    OK thank you. I'll leave it and see what happens. Thank you all for your help..
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    I assumed it could take many hours but not, as it is now, 15 hours of appearing to do nothing. How long would you give it before you do come to the conclusion it it's stopped?
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    Extract from Steps for Repairing a Disk of Unknown Faults 'In the event that the process "hangs": rebooting (turn power off and on again at the switch on the rear panel) restores normal operation, and you should then retry fixdisk. Inode 29656278 is in use, but has dtime set. Fix? yes Inode...
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    Just reread your message..I will try it again and leave it running..
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    It just stopped doing anything for hours until I rebooted the machine and tried again. Done that three times now. 'Mid word' means it stopped in the middle of a word for hours which is what made me suspect the process had stopped. Any suggestions welcome..
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    I have had to restart the box twice so far since first starting fixdisk at midday yesterday. Just stopped mid word for hours. Trying again this morning..
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    Thank you for your help so far. I have connected an ethernet cable, which sorted the maintenance mode connection problems, and am currently running fixdisk.. I do have wireless-helper installed. I'll get back here when it has finished with results.
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    I tried reconnecting with telnet as soon as 'maintenance' was displayed but it would not reconnect and timed out. I tried typing menu but still timed out..
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    Filesystem /mnt/hd2 on /dev/sda2 is read-only??

    Apologies for incorrect terminology... I have two HDR-fox T2 boxes. One lost all channels and needed to auto rescan which was fine but it didn't update according to customised firmware settings. The box was missing from the router home network list so had to get the IP address of the box from...
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    Problem with newk package?

    Hi, I have newk installed on two machines but still get recordings called 'New_How to Build British_Morgan' for instance on both. Series prefix removal settings are New: New series. Brand new series CBeebies. CBBC. T4: New_ New System info Web interface version: 1.4.8-8 Custom firmware...
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    Two boxes different list of movies..

    Thank you for your replies. I hadn't realised for a full list I could use webif epg search so that is fine..
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    Two boxes different list of movies..

    I have two Humax HDR-FOX T2 boxes identically configured with same channels deleted and identical favourite channels. If I choose guide, find, genre, movies on each box I get a different list of 400 movies displayed. I wondered why this was the case out of curiosity..
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    Trying to run fix disk..

    Just confirming that the new hard drive solved the problem. Thank you for all your help!
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