HDD Reformat - is it the whole disk ?

[peterworks]

After my problems this morning (see http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/cannot-format-hard-disk.7984/) I have found that there are still some old files on the disk (eg, /mnt/hd3/Streamer_down_file).
Does this mean that only hd2 is formatted ?
If it does, is there a way to reformat the whole disk ?

 

[prpr]

If it does, is there a way to reformat the whole disk ?

You don't format disks, you format partitions (on the Humax at least).

 

[peterworks]

You don't format disks, you format partitions (on the Humax at least)

Point taken. I assume that if you fit a new hd of 1tb then the Humax can partition and format as necessary (I know that over 1 tb is a different story).
So I suppose my question is "How can I put the current 1tb drive into an 'unused' state ?" ie, totally blank it and let the box do the necessary.

 

[prpr]

I assume that if you fit a new hd of 1tb then the Humax can partition and format as necessary (I know that over 1 tb is a different story).

Yes. Current firmware can handle up to 2TB.

So I suppose my question is "How can I put the current 1tb drive into an 'unused' state ?" ie, totally blank it and let the box do the necessary.

Something like:

humax# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

You need to do this from maintenance mode of course, with no filesystems mounted (umount /dev/sda1 etc.).

 

[peterworks]

Thanks prpr - will give it a go...

 

[peterworks]

Thanks again - worked a treat.