Amiko Alien2 / SAB / GM / ST7162 ENIGMA Discussion Thread

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

when i plug it in its just got the finding usb logo on top of screen all the time and wont reconize.it wont format back to fat32 as im now using partation manager pro

On your pc without using partition manager pro just right click on the drive and format it that way. No reason why that shouldn't work.

Fresh Pots wrote: »

On your pc without using partition manager pro just right click on the drive and format it that way. No reason why that shouldn't work.

ok am trying it now

jayo26

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

so my usb is uselss now is it..i hope not as its 64gb

Why don't you try out hyp 4.5?

Fresh Pots wrote: »

On your pc without using partition manager pro just right click on the drive and format it that way. No reason why that shouldn't work.

If the drive is EXT formatted it wont even show up on the PC as a drive. You have to find it using the Disk manager to format it

deezell wrote: »

If the drive is EXT formatted it wont even show up on the PC as a drive. You have to find it using the Disk manager to format it

Actually yes now that I think about it you're right. Ignore what i said.

jayo26 wrote: »

Why don't you try out hyp 4.5?

will it make a difference

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Actually yes now that I think about it you're right. Ignore what i said.

showing as write protected when i format

Imstuck

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

will it make a difference

Yes.

Openatv is pants imo

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

showing as write protected when i format

Is there a little write protect switch on the drive? Alternatively, you should be able to view the files using EaseUS partition manager, and set the rights. You could also plug back into the box and use an ftp Clent such as Dreambox control centre to view the files and set the rights. It's odd how it would be write protected if it was your Epg / recording drive.

deezell wrote: »

Is there a little write protect switch on the drive? Alternatively, you should be able to view the files using EaseUS partition manager, and set the rights. You could also plug back into the box and use an ftp Clent such as Dreambox control centre to view the files and set the rights. It's odd how it would be write protected if it was your Epg / recording drive.

First thing I checked there isn't

deezell wrote: »

Is there a little write protect switch on the drive? Alternatively, you should be able to view the files using EaseUS partition manager, and set the rights. You could also plug back into the box and use an ftp Clent such as Dreambox control centre to view the files and set the rights. It's odd how it would be write protected if it was your Epg / recording drive.

In addition, in windows file explorer go to Network, the box should appear there as ' amiko' or the like, you Can explore the file structure including the HDD.

deezell wrote: »

Is there a little write protect switch on the drive? Alternatively, you should be able to view the files using EaseUS partition manager, and set the rights. You could also plug back into the box and use an ftp Clent such as Dreambox control centre to view the files and set the rights. It's odd how it would be write protected if it was your Epg / recording drive.

I can see the files there are 100s of them on it and won't let me delete

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

I can see the files there are 100s of them on it and won't let me delete

I successfully used disk manager on the pc on a 1 Tb disk which had been initialised by the box to Ext3 then upped by the box to Ext4. I think I had to do something to the partition first, some configuration on the menu, I wish I could remember. I was left with a disk show a blank sector of 950 Gb, which I then selected and formatted to NTFS. I later restored Ext3 using EaseUS, finally got my Epg and box to work well. There must be a way to select all the files and set the write flag using this program. I'm not at home to check.

if u think of cud u let me know as im gonna keep trying cos i need this stick to work

deezell wrote: »

I successfully used disk manager on the pc on a 1 Tb disk which had been initialised by the box to Ext3 then upped by the box to Ext4. I think I had to do something to the partition first, some configuration on the menu, I wish I could remember. I was left with a disk show a blank sector of 950 Gb, which I then selected and formatted to NTFS. I later restored Ext3 using EaseUS, finally got my Epg and box to work well. There must be a way to select all the files and set the write flag using this program. I'm not at home to check.

trying to delete a 18gb of a partion to use again.so far no errors.any idea how long it can take as its doing it now 20 mins

now says some error occured while writing partation chains on disk.i dont know what to do

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

trying to delete a 18gb of a partion to use again.so far no errors.any idea how long it can take as its doing it now 20 mins

Are you using EaseUS? I'm no expert, but I do know that formatting to EXT takes longer than NTFS or FAT. It took about 15 minutes to format a 1Tb drive. I shouldnt imagine it would take that long to delete only 18Gb. I think I recall that the EXT drive showed some partition on it before I erased it back to it raw state prior to formatting. I should write down stuff like like this as I forget it as quick as I discover it. I've also read somewhwere that the external HDD should have a single partition, but idont know if this is critical or just optimal.
I had another suggestion to set the write permission on Unix drives, you can use Telnet to send a command to the box, (with the drive plugged in), to set the write permission. The command is CHMOD 777 /HDD, assuming /HDD is the path to the external drive. It may be different, I'd have to FTP into my own box from here to have a look, plus it might vary from OpenATV image which I use.

deezell wrote: »

Are you using EaseUS? I'm no expert, but I do know that formatting to EXT takes longer than NTFS or FAT. It took about 15 minutes to format a 1Tb drive. I shouldnt imagine it would take that long to delete only 18Gb. I think I recall that the EXT drive showed some partition on it before I erased it back to it raw state prior to formatting. I should write down stuff like like this as I forget it as quick as I discover it. I've also read somewhwere that the external HDD should have a single partition, but idont know if this is critical or just optimal.
I had another suggestion to set the write permission on Unix drives, you can use Telnet to send a command to the box, (with the drive plugged in), to set the write permission. The command is CHMOD 777 /HDD, assuming /HDD is the path to the external drive. It may be different, I'd have to FTP into my own box from here to have a look, plus it might vary from OpenATV image which I use.

ya but thing is it wont see the drive just searching the whole time

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

now says some error occured while writing partation chains on disk.i dont know what to do

Don't give up! My 1Tb was a mess after a stalled initialise on the box, it was EXT3 but was gumming up EPG writes. it took a few iterations of PC Disk manager, Back to exFAT, then Fat32 on a 32bit laptop, then EaseUS to erase any stufff over a couple of cycles, then finally format to EXT3, which is now flying, fingers crossed

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

ya but thing is it wont see the drive just searching the whole time

time to bin it i think

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

time to bin it i think

everytime its says my media is write protected and tried diskpart to unwrite and still same.pain in the arse now.

hotwhiskey

Hi guys.

I was wondering how do re-install some lost picons ie (RTE+1,ITV Be etc)

On Enigma 2. If it is a matter of re-installing them through Filezilla what folder layout I'm I looking for. Or is there another way. Thanks.

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

everytime its says my media is write protected and tried diskpart to unwrite and still same.pain in the arse now.

PITA is a common symptom of enigma ownership. Assuming you can stand, have you tried to use DCC to set the rights, using FTP or the Telnet command. From what little I know of Unix, it's possible to have a write enabled disk appear as read only when given to another user, i.e. Plugged into another device, a pc in this case. You'll need to replace it in the box and do some Unix commands to it, unmounting is possibly one, setting rights to all users. There's a good bit out there on the net, might be easier to buy a new HDD. Incidentally, the Unix blogs recommend Ext2 tops for sticks, for a reason that you can read up on if you're really interested.

deezell wrote: »

PITA is a common symptom of enigma ownership. Assuming you can stand, have you tried to use DCC to set the rights, using FTP or the Telnet command. From what little I know of Unix, it's possible to have a write enabled disk appear as read only when given to another user, i.e. Plugged into another device, a pc in this case. You'll need to replace it in the box and do some Unix commands to it, unmounting is possibly one, setting rights to all users. There's a good bit out there on the net, might be easier to buy a new HDD. Incidentally, the Unix blogs recommend Ext2 tops for sticks, for a reason that you can read up on if you're really interested.

I will try this later on and see what happens thanks I'll let u know

Zardoz

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

everytime its says my media is write protected and tried diskpart to unwrite and still same.pain in the arse now.

I've had a few drives go like that in the past,its most likely fried.
Did you unplug in from the receiver while it was on ?

Talking of fried, my alien has packed in. Heard a spark out of it and it tripped the sockets. Now it won't boot. Think I'll be going box shopping pretty soon.

Zardoz wrote: »

I've had a few drives go like that in the past,its most likely fried.
Did you unplug in from the receiver while it was on ?

No always switched it off. Ah well good thing they are cheap enough to buy. Also @zardoz on ur hyperion 4.5 i tried it against another 4.5 from another user on another forum and his version works on my alien 1 with all the channels working that were not working on ur image. Isn't it strange as to why that is.

Zardoz

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

No always switched it off. Ah well good thing they are cheap enough to buy. Also @zardoz on ur hyperion 4.5 i tried it against another 4.5 from another user on another forum and his version works on my alien 1 with all the channels working that were not working on ur image. Isn't it strange as to why that is.

Yes,thats odd ,it must be some configuration issue or channel listings issue on the Alien 1 ,but you tried changing a few of those options and it made no difference .
You could try a factory reset on my image and rerunning autobouquets ,that may help.

Talking of fried, my alien has packed in. Heard a spark out of it and it tripped the sockets. Now it won't boot. Think I'll be going box shopping pretty soon.

Hopefully its just a fuse in the plug

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

No always switched it off. Ah well good thing they are cheap enough to buy. Also @zardoz on ur hyperion 4.5 i tried it against another 4.5 from another user on another forum and his version works on my alien 1 with all the channels working that were not working on ur image. Isn't it strange as to why that is.

Did you run autobouquets to check for frequency changes on zardoz image?