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Free sat box taking an age to boot

  • 08-11-2018 06:04PM
    #1
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭


    Works fine when it boots, just takes about 30 mins

    Any fix to this or is it on its last legs?


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    What model ?

    Could be the HDD. - is it making clickky noises ?

    Could be the power supply.

    If you are using a Foxsat HDR with the custom firmware you can use a Maintenance Mode - 'fix-disk' check and repair utility to sort out sofware errors and do a disc scan.
    To enable maintenance mode it is simply a matter of opening a telnet session and entering the 'fix-disk' command.
    The Foxsat-HDR will then display some information about the utility, after which a reboot into maintenance mode will be initiated.
    Once rebooted, re-open a telnet session and enter the 'fix-disk' command once again. Then sit back for an hour or so while it does it's magic.
    A log file of e2fsck partition checking operations will be created at /mnt/hd1/fix-disk.log. This can safely be deleted.

    Linux gurus can initiate maintenance mode manually by entering the command 'touch /usr/data/.MAINTENANCE_MODE' then rebooting.
    All of the above mentioned utilities are then available to you should you wish to perform partition checking without the aid of the 'fix-disk' script.
    A second reboot restores the Foxsat-HDR to normal set top box operation.


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,666 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    What % full is the hard drive?


  • #4
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Blimey I thought the 45 seconds my Manhattan takes was a bit tardy.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    What % full is the hard drive?
    Oh yeah, you can tell if every menu item takes forever


    Sometimes it's the number of things saved in the main folder, so start there


  • #6
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Thanks for replies


    Doesnt have a hard drive, its a Humax, can't remember the model number (in work, can post later) it's about 8 years old, its a HD box anyway


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    This one ?

    https://humax-foxsat-not-booting.webs.com/


  • #8
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    This one ?

    https://humax-foxsat-not-booting.webs.com/

    :D that link won’t load


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