External HDD error causes weirdness

[ChrisDaniels]

Posting for info

Just got home to find my HDR recording. For the first time, I got the much talked about green screen error! Tried changing inputs on the tv to re-sync the hdmi to no joy, vformat just changed the res of the green screen.
I ended the recording and rebooted the box and got the following:


Weird.. Unplugging the external HDD I've got plugged in, fixed it.

 

[Ezra Pound]

E-OS is incorrect operating system, usually seen only when attempting to load firmware from a USB device, see notes HERE. Firmware version and System ID don't look good either, so it looks like the Humax found an *.hdf file on the external HDD and tried to load it

 

[ChrisDaniels]

Yeah that's what it looks like, but there is no hdf on the disc and has been plugged in for months.

 

[oijonesey]

Slightly different error message when I had a problem - but still something to do with an Ext HDD which had been plugged in for ages http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/splash-screen-of-doom.970/#post-12040 I changed nothing about the disk and plugged it back in after a few weeks and it's worked fine ever since. I'm not aware of me doing anything to fix it other than reloading the firmware.