Recent content by wolfmanii

It's OK, the Humax does not see the drive so there was nothing to do. Formatted drive in Linux, hen plugged it in, still could not be seen.

I have seen. Humax is only 2 months old, so do not want to mess with it too much, also use that drive as a backup drive on PC. Perhaps I need to wait until Hard Disk prices come back down to a sensible levels prior to Thai floods.

Thanks for the help, much appreciated. I do love forums like this where people are kind enough to share their time and knowledge!

I assume the best type to get is a mains powered, so not too much power is being drawn through the USB system. Thanks for your help

OK, looks like I need to save the pennies up for a new external hard disk unless someone can recommend a caddy that will work with the HUMAX.

As an update. Attached a Samsung 1.5TB Story formatted to NTFS, Humax saw it immediately and allowed files to be played from it. Also when switched off and switched back on with disk attached, booted OK. So, what could be wrong with this 160GB drive. It is a Hitachi drive taken out of an old...

Contacted Humax Support, they suggested formatting from Humax, which I have tried, but Humax does not recognise the drive being plugged in. Was asked to format as FAT32 then plug in to format ast EXT3, so I don't know what type the EXT3 partition was. Any other ideas?

Humax would not see the drive, so could not format it. (I looked in the menu systemw here you suggested Black Hole but it was not listed) I will check GParted to see what type. Would this affect the booting of the Humax when Hard Disk is plugged in?

Hi, I have a 160GB external portable Hard disk that I have formatted to EXT3 type. It works fine plugged into PC (with drivers). However when I plug it into Humax, the Humax does not recognise it is there. Though when I unplug it, I get a message 'USB device has been disconnected'. Also if I...