adb 5800sx_hdd_detection_problem

[Gość maniana]

Hi, all!

I have an ADB 5800sx nbox receiver.

I installed your (ADB5800xx_freebox_OpenPLi_mod_by_tux_live_nand_25_05_2013) software and i have a similar problem like

other members here.

The Harddisk doesn't show up at all.

fdisk -l shows nothing!!

so the usual workaround with tunefs doesn't work because the harddisk is not detected at the hardware level.

Does anyone know how the hardware detection in this software works?

Any hint would be useful.

 

Btw. Before there was openpli 8.0.0 on this hardware and harddisk was working, but unfortunately i have no backup - yes stupid fault of mine :-(

 

cu

Karol

 

[Gość pppp]

Hi,

At the beginning you have to download the latest version of 8.3.

I know it looks strange but unfortunatelly the earliest version of 8.3 coming from 25th May had small amount of bugs.

So, like I said, download the latest one again.

 

I understand you cannot read our FAQ thread written in polish.

 

http://forum.xunil.pl/index.php/topic,81.0.html

 

Try to use google translator. The most important things are partitions labels.

Eg. Partition for movies should be called "data"

 

 

Here you have examples of partition labeling:

 

mkfs.ext3 -q -L "system" -b 4096 -I 128 /dev/sda1

 

mkswap -L "swap" /dev/sda2

 

mkfs.ext3 -q -L "data" /dev/sda3

 

BTW. You do not have to use swap normally

 

Rgds

pppp

[Gość maniana]

Hi, pppp!

 

Maybe i was not able to explain the problem - but you can believe: Yes, i can read!!

 

And if the command "fdisk -l" shows nothing, please explain me how i should use a label on a non detected device!!

 

Karol

[Gość pppp]

Fdisk -l command shows partitions on your hdd only. Are you sure you have partitions?

Try to use fdisk /dev/sda ors fdisk /dev/sdb command to make and manage new partitons.

 

BTW as you see above, system partition has to be formatted with special parameters:

 

mkfs.ext3 -q -L "system" -b 4096 -I 128 /dev/sda1

 

But I suspect you system is placed in internal nand memory.

 

 

The another issue is that nbox supports SATA I only. We know that some SATA II HDDs are not compatible backward (eg. Toshiba HDDs)

Try to use another HDD.... Hmmm , I see your HDD was working in the past...