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1. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Ok.... I've gone and done it again. With all the talk about 2TB upgrading, I saw another bargain I could not resist for a 2nd hand 2TB drive. So I took a punt and got it for £35. It arrived yesterday. Plugged it into the USB caddy and to the hummy. Unlike the 1TB drive I got recently, much lower...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #28
  
  Nov 2, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
2. Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved
  
  I used a USB caddy to place the old drive in and connected it to the hummy (front USB). Note : If you do this, then connect it after booting up your hummy. Reason being is that any connected external drive becomes /dev/sda and internal drive /dev/sdb. (You want internal drive to be /dev/sda)...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #68
  
  Oct 29, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
3. Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved
  
  Great stuff gebbly Should you ever run Fix-Disk again, please would you advise how quick it is for you compared to before? Cheers.
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #66
  
  Oct 28, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
4. Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved
  
  Thanks prpr. The main reason why I suggest using fewer inodes with a manual format is you complete disk maintenance checks (with Fix-Disk) much much faster than when you have formatted the disk using the Humax's on screen format option. Well..... this is what I experienced anyway. Hoping it...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #63
  
  Oct 28, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
5. Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved
  
  Yes that's the correct Wiki. You have to calculate the sectors and ensure there are 3 partitions. But if you check the partition table, and are also using a 2TB drive, I'd imagine you could get away with using the same figures as in the Wiki using gfdisk. Once done, then in Webif you can go to...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #52
  
  Oct 28, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
6. Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved
  
  Hi gebbly. I recommend accessing the CLI via Telnet and using the commands to format the drive from the 2TB upgrade wiki. I'm concerned that the format from the Humax on screen message uses probably 1 million times more inodes.
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #50
  
  Oct 28, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
7. [sweeper] Custom rules to manage recordings
  
  INFO. Had a scenario where there were several of the same programme (different Series and Episode numbers) under the one folder. This made browsing this folder on the Humax very slow as there were many files, some were duplicates. Also was a nightmare trying to find which episode to watch. I did...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #320
  
  Oct 27, 2017
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
8. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  To be honest I was not sure. I imagined it would go up, and was not sure how bad that would be.
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #26
  
  Oct 25, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
9. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Gigabytes per minute. It took roughly 38 minutes to copy one of the folders which had 38 Gigabytes of programmes. I did it via the Linux CLI.
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #24
  
  Oct 25, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
10. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Ok! All Done! The programmes have have been copied across. On SMART Data after all that the "Reallocated_Sector_Ct" has not budged (yet!) and is still at "8". cd /tmp nohup time cp -pR "/media/drive2/<Whatever Source>" "/media/My Video/<Whatever Destination>" & It was handy as this also copied...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #22
  
  Oct 25, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
11. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  I guess from here, what I would like to do now is just give a summary of what I did and things I've learned from doing this, so if another (newbie or not) comes along they can reference it if they want. Also looking back (he says chuckling to himself) I saw the "Power_On_Hours" from my now old...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #15
  
  Oct 25, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
12. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  That's excellent. Thank you very much af123
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #13
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
13. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  I'm happy. Fix-Disk worked. :) Used WebIf "Diagnostics" to ensure the sectors aligned with the OS. >>> Beginning diagnostic 4kalign Running: 4kalign --> This is an Advanced Format (AF) drive. Model Number: ST1000VM002-1CT162 Logical Sector size...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #11
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
14. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Hey! Sweet turn of events! Fix-disk finished relatively quickly only after I decided to follow the disk formatting advice from this Wiki Link on 2TB Disk Installation, even though I'm using a 1Tb HDD. Because there were fewer inodes this really sped things up with Fix-Disk. Originally I...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #10
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
15. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Passing post...... Seeing a lot of this during the Fix-Disk run in PuTTy... Too many illegal blocks in inode 25007850. Clear inode? yes Inode 25007685 has compression flag set on filesystem without compression support. Clear? yes Inode 25007685 has illegal block(s). Clear? yes Illegal...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #9
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
16. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Thank you Black Hole
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #8
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
17. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Newbie question on the Fix Disk (it's still running; monitoring it through a PuTTy session)... When the task finishes would I need to "Acknowledge" any warnings in Webif Diagnostics or will Fix Disk have cleared them up? I agree with you Black Hole ... on the false economy of buying a 2nd HDD...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #6
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
18. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Left Fix Disk running last night. This morning found that you can ping the hummy but it's like no ports were open. Cannot telnet or use Webif. Had to cold boot it (which meant I had to get out of bed). To add, as a precautionary measure I've now set all settings under Power Management to OFF so...
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #4
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
19. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  Many Thanks prpr . Got it for £28. Am running Fix Disk on it right now (as the HDD warning came on for and will leave it through the night owing to Line 5 in my post (Reallocated_Sector_Ct). The Customer Firmware is just BRILLIANT. Has breathed new life into the HDR-FOX-T2.
  BennyBoy
  
  Post #3
  
  Oct 24, 2017
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
20. Second Hand Disk SMART stats
  
  I've just replaced my 500Gb Seagate Pipeline ST3500312CS for a 2nd hand 1TB Seagate Pipeline ST1000VM002. I took a punt from what appears a reputable (100% feedback) vendor on eBay. Checking the HDD SMART data when all plumbed into the HDR-FOX-T2 I can see the following. ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME...
  BennyBoy
  
  Thread
  
  Oct 23, 2017
  
  1tb 2nd hand gfdisk hard drive replacement inode smart
  
  Replies: 32
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder

Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Ok.... I've gone and done it again. With all the talk about 2TB upgrading, I saw another bargain I could not resist for a 2nd hand 2TB drive. So I took a punt and got it for £35. It arrived yesterday. Plugged it into the USB caddy and to the hummy. Unlike the 1TB drive I got recently, much lower...
- BennyBoy
- Post #28
- Nov 2, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved

I used a USB caddy to place the old drive in and connected it to the hummy (front USB). Note : If you do this, then connect it after booting up your hummy. Reason being is that any connected external drive becomes /dev/sda and internal drive /dev/sdb. (You want internal drive to be /dev/sda)...
- BennyBoy
- Post #68
- Oct 29, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved

Great stuff gebbly Should you ever run Fix-Disk again, please would you advise how quick it is for you compared to before? Cheers.
- BennyBoy
- Post #66
- Oct 28, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved

Thanks prpr. The main reason why I suggest using fewer inodes with a manual format is you complete disk maintenance checks (with Fix-Disk) much much faster than when you have formatted the disk using the Humax's on screen format option. Well..... this is what I experienced anyway. Hoping it...
- BennyBoy
- Post #63
- Oct 28, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved

Yes that's the correct Wiki. You have to calculate the sectors and ensure there are 3 partitions. But if you check the partition table, and are also using a 2TB drive, I'd imagine you could get away with using the same figures as in the Wiki using gfdisk. Once done, then in Webif you can go to...
- BennyBoy
- Post #52
- Oct 28, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Ways to repair or time to replace? - Solved

Hi gebbly. I recommend accessing the CLI via Telnet and using the commands to format the drive from the 2TB upgrade wiki. I'm concerned that the format from the Humax on screen message uses probably 1 million times more inodes.
- BennyBoy
- Post #50
- Oct 28, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
[sweeper] Custom rules to manage recordings

INFO. Had a scenario where there were several of the same programme (different Series and Episode numbers) under the one folder. This made browsing this folder on the Humax very slow as there were many files, some were duplicates. Also was a nightmare trying to find which episode to watch. I did...
- BennyBoy
- Post #320
- Oct 27, 2017
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

To be honest I was not sure. I imagined it would go up, and was not sure how bad that would be.
- BennyBoy
- Post #26
- Oct 25, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Gigabytes per minute. It took roughly 38 minutes to copy one of the folders which had 38 Gigabytes of programmes. I did it via the Linux CLI.
- BennyBoy
- Post #24
- Oct 25, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Ok! All Done! The programmes have have been copied across. On SMART Data after all that the "Reallocated_Sector_Ct" has not budged (yet!) and is still at "8". cd /tmp nohup time cp -pR "/media/drive2/<Whatever Source>" "/media/My Video/<Whatever Destination>" & It was handy as this also copied...
- BennyBoy
- Post #22
- Oct 25, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

I guess from here, what I would like to do now is just give a summary of what I did and things I've learned from doing this, so if another (newbie or not) comes along they can reference it if they want. Also looking back (he says chuckling to himself) I saw the "Power_On_Hours" from my now old...
- BennyBoy
- Post #15
- Oct 25, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

That's excellent. Thank you very much af123
- BennyBoy
- Post #13
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

I'm happy. Fix-Disk worked. :) Used WebIf "Diagnostics" to ensure the sectors aligned with the OS. >>> Beginning diagnostic 4kalign Running: 4kalign --> This is an Advanced Format (AF) drive. Model Number: ST1000VM002-1CT162 Logical Sector size...
- BennyBoy
- Post #11
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Hey! Sweet turn of events! Fix-disk finished relatively quickly only after I decided to follow the disk formatting advice from this Wiki Link on 2TB Disk Installation, even though I'm using a 1Tb HDD. Because there were fewer inodes this really sped things up with Fix-Disk. Originally I...
- BennyBoy
- Post #10
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Passing post...... Seeing a lot of this during the Fix-Disk run in PuTTy... Too many illegal blocks in inode 25007850. Clear inode? yes Inode 25007685 has compression flag set on filesystem without compression support. Clear? yes Inode 25007685 has illegal block(s). Clear? yes Illegal...
- BennyBoy
- Post #9
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Thank you Black Hole
- BennyBoy
- Post #8
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Newbie question on the Fix Disk (it's still running; monitoring it through a PuTTy session)... When the task finishes would I need to "Acknowledge" any warnings in Webif Diagnostics or will Fix Disk have cleared them up? I agree with you Black Hole ... on the false economy of buying a 2nd HDD...
- BennyBoy
- Post #6
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Left Fix Disk running last night. This morning found that you can ping the hummy but it's like no ports were open. Cannot telnet or use Webif. Had to cold boot it (which meant I had to get out of bed). To add, as a precautionary measure I've now set all settings under Power Management to OFF so...
- BennyBoy
- Post #4
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

Many Thanks prpr . Got it for £28. Am running Fix Disk on it right now (as the HDD warning came on for and will leave it through the night owing to Line 5 in my post (Reallocated_Sector_Ct). The Customer Firmware is just BRILLIANT. Has breathed new life into the HDR-FOX-T2.
- BennyBoy
- Post #3
- Oct 24, 2017
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Second Hand Disk SMART stats

I've just replaced my 500Gb Seagate Pipeline ST3500312CS for a 2nd hand 1TB Seagate Pipeline ST1000VM002. I took a punt from what appears a reputable (100% feedback) vendor on eBay. Checking the HDD SMART data when all plumbed into the HDR-FOX-T2 I can see the following. ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME...
- BennyBoy
- Thread
- Oct 23, 2017
- 1tb 2nd hand gfdisk hard drive replacement inode smart
- Replies: 32
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder