Recent content by MarkHT

af123 -- You weren't kidding about the tests taking a while. It was 6 hours or so in my case. I think it's looking good. Here were the final results (only line #1 seemed to do the extended test): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status...

Ezra -- I've tested it and it did a scheduled recording just fine whilst in Standby. There is one catch though, which is one reason I remember I originally got nervous of putting it in standby. If you put it in standby when an external HDD is attached via USB while at the same time the wifi...

I generally don't put it in standby. I record quite a bit when I am away from the house or late evening when I am asleep. My understanding is that if I put it in standby it will shut down completely after a few minutes and will require rebooting to start up again. I have assumed that it won't...

I looked through the many thousands of lines of corrections but I only came across one file which was named. It was a programme recording's .ts file. The file seems to play ok on the Humax. I installed smartmontools and ran it over telnet as suggested. I'm not sure how to interpret the output...

Good news, I think the disk is fully repaired. I can see and play my files on the Humax. The Humax's system menu HDD Test claims the disk is OK and the media list is displaying the free disk space I would expect. It'll take me a while, but do you think for safety I should copy everything off the...

xyz321 -- I updated the firmware to version 1.02.29 and then installed CF 2.12. While doing this I discovered the Humax seems to be able to see the disk and programmes, however it is not quoting the correct amount of free space and I assume it is not fully fixed though clearly something has...

OK thanks. I'll play it safe and load the official 1.02.29 first and report back once I've run xyz321's instructions

xyz321 - Thanks of the help. I'm currently on Humax firmware version 1.02.28 and I see that you cannot install CF 2.12 over this (I'm currently on CF 2.11). I just wanted to check that, given the state of my machine, is it ok to go ahead and update the full firmware to 1.02.29 and then do the CF...

No problem, I appreciate the help. I ran the command. It took a couple of hours and aborted. Here's the output: humax# fsck.ext3 -y /dev/sda2 e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) fsck.ext3: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks... Superblock needs_recovery flag is clear, but journal has data...

Running it without -y gives me: humax# fsck /dev/sda2 fsck (busybox 1.12.4, 2012-05-27 00:19:41 KST) fsck: fsck.auto: No such file or directory humax# Running the help option gives me: humax# fsck --help BusyBox v1.12.4 (2012-05-27 00:19:41 KST) multi-call binary Usage: fsck [-ANPRTV] [-C...

Here's the output: humax# fsck -y /dev/sda2 fsck (busybox 1.12.4, 2012-05-27 00:19:41 KST) fsck: fsck.auto: No such file or directory humax#

Here's the output you asked for: humax# /var/lib/humaxtv/mod/fix-disk Unrecognised partition type, aborting... humax# cat /tmp/.chk_devs sda humax# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 =...

Ok thanks very much for the help to date.

In its current state I can't see anything on the disk with FTP. It's not looking good but maybe a f123/xyz321 can help. Are they likely to see this discussion or do I need to message them directly?

I managed to get it connected via ethernet (it was a different IP address) but this time it claims it doesn't recognise the partition. Here;s the telnet commands and responses: humax# cd /var/lib/humaxtv/mod humax# ./fix-disk Warning: This procedure will freeze the Humax for anything up to 2...