I stopped it, removed it and put in a (smaller 240Gb ) SSD that I had around - which might keep me going for a while.
Lucky I had that backup tar file after my discussions here (Thanks everyone!!), as I could get back all my settings for WebIF etc.
Only issue I had was doing uncompacting my...
Hi, Back again with some further questions. :)
I've left fixdisk running since thursday, but it seems to be stuck in a loop...
-------------------------------------------------------------
Running select disk self test
Error at LBA 0
/dev/sda:
re-writing sector 0: succeeded
Running select disk...
Thanks - that's perfect! Just gave it a try. By the way, what does the trailing dot at the end of the command mean?
Might be good to put that in a regular job in crontab and download with my weekly media backups...
thanks, I'll give that a try next...
Hi Martin,
Thanks for your reply. I've had some odd problems with picture breakup in some of my recordings for a couple of weeks, and the warning alert was also showing for a couple of weeks...
I had a 2hr fixdisk session at the weekend it's not giving the red warning alert any longer...
Thanks for the Speedy reply!
Impressive! I ran the maintenance mode check/repair, so maybe my one will limp on for a little while longer before it finally crumbles. We will see...
I do indeed - slip of the keyboard :)
I'll have a further browse around the forum to see what people are saying...
Hi all,
I'm running custom firmware on my Humax - and it's been working great for years. Currently I'm starting to get some HD errors and was thinking about the inevitable failure at some point....
Can't complain really - everything has been running reliably since 2015 :)
I don't want to fork...
I stopped it, removed it and put in a (smaller 240Gb ) SSD that I had around - which might keep me going for a while.
Lucky I had that backup tar file after my discussions here (Thanks everyone!!), as I could get back all my settings for WebIF etc.
Only issue I had was doing uncompacting my...
Hi, Back again with some further questions. :)
I've left fixdisk running since thursday, but it seems to be stuck in a loop...
-------------------------------------------------------------
Running select disk self test
Error at LBA 0
/dev/sda:
re-writing sector 0: succeeded
Running select disk...
Thanks - that's perfect! Just gave it a try. By the way, what does the trailing dot at the end of the command mean?
Might be good to put that in a regular job in crontab and download with my weekly media backups...
thanks, I'll give that a try next...
Hi Martin,
Thanks for your reply. I've had some odd problems with picture breakup in some of my recordings for a couple of weeks, and the warning alert was also showing for a couple of weeks...
I had a 2hr fixdisk session at the weekend it's not giving the red warning alert any longer...
Thanks for the Speedy reply!
Impressive! I ran the maintenance mode check/repair, so maybe my one will limp on for a little while longer before it finally crumbles. We will see...
I do indeed - slip of the keyboard :)
I'll have a further browse around the forum to see what people are saying...
Hi all,
I'm running custom firmware on my Humax - and it's been working great for years. Currently I'm starting to get some HD errors and was thinking about the inevitable failure at some point....
Can't complain really - everything has been running reliably since 2015 :)
I don't want to fork...
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