Increase Partition Size - Read Only

[GeeDee]

Hi
Following my DTR-T2000 seizing after a white noise burst post (https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/dtr-t2000-seizing-up.11435/), I've carried out a RAW HDD copy (Paragon Hard Disk Manager) from my original 500GB to a 4TB NAS drive) appreciating that only 2TB will be accessible owing to MBR Drive limitations.

All works OK and seizing appears to have stopped despite 1 noise burst from which it recovered almost immediately.

Now I want to extend the 400GB Logical Partition into my enlarged 2TB Extended Partition (Paragon HDM again) but the original is Read Only. I've tried Paragon Linux File Systems for Windows but cannot get past the Read Only attribute.

I've also attempted to access via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) but no idea and all sites I've found to aid me seem to assume you have a basic knowledge of Linux. I assumed my reasonable knowledge of DOS would help me along, but no!

I don't need to access the files, just enlarge the partition into unallocated space.

Any thoughts or suggestions as to how to remove the Read Only attribute?

 

[bottletop]

Don't know how to remove the read only attribute. I don't have this unit.
I've not tried it myself, but maybe gparted will help. https://gparted.org/livecd.php
An alternative solution - give the Humax a blank drive and use maintenance mode to format it.

DTR-T2000 Maintenance Mode « My Humax Forum

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Not sure if you'll be able to copy recordings to the new drive later.

You've made a clone of your suspected faulty drive. How do you know if you've cloned the fault or not?

 

[prpr]

Now I want to extend the 400GB Logical Partition into my enlarged 2TB Extended Partition (Paragon HDM again) but the original is Read Only.

The original what is read only? Where does it say this. You need to give more details, either description or image.
Partitions just are, they are not read-only.

I've tried Paragon Linux File Systems for Windows but cannot get past the Read Only attribute.

So you're doing this on a PC running Windows? Details you neglected to mention.

I've also attempted to access via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) but no idea and all sites I've found to aid me seem to assume you have a basic knowledge of Linux. I assumed my reasonable knowledge of DOS would help me along, but no!

WSL is a weird beast even for those who do have a basic knowledge of Linux. What do you expect from M$.

I don't need to access the files, just enlarge the partition into unallocated space.

This is trivially easy with Linux, so why don't you just use a Linux live boot?
You just use fdisk to change the end sector - I find deleting and recreating the partition all in one go to be effective, then once you're sure you're happy (as it does all this in memory), hit the w key to write it to disk. You may or may not need to reboot after doing this, depending on how intelligent or otherwise the Operating System you are using is.
What filesystem does this T2000 box use? If it's ext3 or similar, then you can just resize the filesystem with one simple command once you've extended the partition, assuming it's not anything complicated partition-wise (it is on the HDR T2 as the middle one of three is the media partition, which is more tedious).

Any thoughts or suggestions as to how to remove the Read Only attribute?

No idea what you're actually describing.

 

[Black Hole]

why don't you just use a Linux live boot?

I recommend GParted. Obviously all the command line tools are available, but it is designed as a rescue tool and provides GUI disk management.

I've tried Paragon Linux File Systems for Windows but cannot get past the Read Only attribute.

I've also attempted to access via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

You're putting extra unnecessary complexity/obstacles into the mix, trying to fiddle with Linux file systems using Windows (presuming the DRT-T2000 uses a Linux file system at all). Windows is notorious for corrupting mass storage the moment it gets plugged in, if Windows doesn't like what it sees.

 

[GeeDee]

The original what is read only? Where does it say this. You need to give more details, either description or image.
Partitions just are, they are not read-only.

The original recordings partition is showing as Read Only and, in this situation, they are! Granted, this is the first time I've experienced a locked partition and I've adjusted hundreds in the past but never on Linux partitions. See example screenshots - Note the greyed out volume size and the option of Mount in Read/Write mode does not work for the XFS partitions.

So you're doing this on a PC running Windows? Details you neglected to mention.

But inferred as you noticed.

WSL is a weird beast even for those who do have a basic knowledge of Linux. What do you expect from M$.

Not a lot in this instance, just hoped.

This is trivially easy with Linux, so why don't you just use a Linux live boot?
You just use fdisk to change the end sector - I find deleting and recreating the partition all in one go to be effective, then once you're sure you're happy (as it does all this in memory), hit the w key to write it to disk. You may or may not need to reboot after doing this, depending on how intelligent or otherwise the Operating System you are using is.
What filesystem does this T2000 box use? If it's ext3 or similar, then you can just resize the filesystem with one simple command once you've extended the partition, assuming it's not anything complicated partition-wise (it is on the HDR T2 as the middle one of three is the media partition, which is more tedious).

Thanks, I'll have a look at Linux Live Boot but I'm struggling with Linux at the moment and like the idea of shifting the end sector but not convinced if the Paragon Linux System cannot access it.
File system is a combination of EXT3 and XFS on MBR disk

No idea what you're actually describing.

As screenshot noted above

Thanks for your input

 

[Black Hole]

The original recordings partition is showing as Read Only

I think this is a terminology thing. You might mean file system rather than partition.

 

[GeeDee]

I think this is a terminology thing. You might mean file system rather than partition.

OK, but if it is that, it's having the effect of locking the partition.
However, I have now managed to access the files and am copying them out without any confidence I can then copy them back successfully to my larger disk.

 

[Luke]

However, I have now managed to access the files and am copying them out without any confidence I can then copy them back successfully to my larger disk.

The youview system keeps a database of the recordings. A youview box will delete any recordings that are not in the youview box's database.
This behaviour has been observed before, and it was also later confirmed by one of the youview developers on the community.youview.com forum before that forum was closed down.

See the following link for one of the hummy.tv observations (post #17) https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/can-i-copy-recordings-from-dtr-t2000.5749/#post-75929

Hopefully as it you are intending to use the same youview box this can be resolved by locating and moving the recording database to your replacement disk.

However, I have now managed to access the files

Have you looked at the old disk's smart data using something akin to CrystalDiskInfo?

 

[GeeDee]

Reply to Bottletop - Answered like this owing to:
"Oops! We ran into some problems.
You are not allowed to post external links yet."
I've been trying but unable to run GParted so far as I cannot get it to boot.

I have done this as a stopgap whilst playing with the original drive and managed to get a video partition of nearly 2000GB compared with the 403GB on my orginal drive. All seems to be working perfectly.

You won't copy disk faults but corrupted files could cause a problem.

 

[GeeDee]

I recommend GParted. Obviously all the command line tools are available, but it is designed as a rescue tool and provides GUI disk management.

I've attempted GParted over the weekend but, for some reason, I cannot get it to boot from a USB Stick created with Rufus. I shall persevere

You're putting extra unnecessary complexity/obstacles into the mix, trying to fiddle with Linux file systems using Windows (presuming the DRT-T2000 uses a Linux file system at all). Windows is notorious for corrupting mass storage the moment it gets plugged in, if Windows doesn't like what it sees.

Not so unnecessary with zero Linux experience other than I thought it was possible to access Linux within an emulator in Windows.

 

[Black Hole]

You don't need Rufus (of the four options provided for preparing a GParted live boot on USB, Rufus isn't one of them), but the USB image of GParted won't boot unless you have USB boot enabled in your BIOS. Same applies to optical. The PC won't even look at booting from anything other than SSD/HDD unless USB/Optical are higher in the boot options than SSD/HDD. It's easier to boot from optical, but optical drives are becoming a rarity.

zero Linux experience

I don't understand what Linux experience you think you need. It's just another WIMP OS (window, icon, mouse, pointer), so you drive it just like Windows. They only become noticeably different at the command line level, and if you would have to look up instructions in WIndows you might just as well look up instructions in Linux.

 

[MartinLiddle]

You don't need Rufus (of the four options provided for preparing a GParted live boot on USB, Rufus isn't one of them), but the USB image of GParted won't boot unless you have USB boot enabled in your BIOS.

I think the use of Rufus will depend on whether the computer has UEFI BIOS or a legacy BIOS.

 

[Black Hole]

I'm not certain, but I think GParted have that covered: https://gparted.org/gparted-live-boot-param.php

In the manual installation method, I assume the makeboot.bat utility detects the appropriate parameters and sets up the required boot path.

 

[bottletop]

The original recordings partition is showing as Read Only and, in this situation, they are! Granted, this is the first time I've experienced a locked partition and I've adjusted hundreds in the past but never on Linux partitions. See example screenshots - Note the greyed out volume size and the option of Mount in Read/Write mode does not work for the XFS partitions.

But inferred as you noticed.

Not a lot in this instance, just hoped.

Thanks, I'll have a look at Linux Live Boot but I'm struggling with Linux at the moment and like the idea of shifting the end sector but not convinced if the Paragon Linux System cannot access it.
File system is a combination of EXT3 and XFS on MBR disk

As screenshot noted above

Thanks for your input

What happens if you opt to not mount the partition? Maybe it will allow you to resize it?