I wonder if someone can help. It may be simply ignorance on my part or a fault on the Humax PVR. I have attached a Hitachi 1 Tb USB drive formated to FA32 to the PVR and it is seen in the file manager but the green copy button appears to be disabled so I am unable to transfer any films/files. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
Unable to copy from Humax PVR to external drive
Welcome to the forum Martin.
You need to move the cursor to the right hand pane and then select the destination first (clicking ok toggles between an open and closed folder) and then go back to the left pane to continue the transfer.
You need to move the cursor to the right hand pane and then select the destination first (clicking ok toggles between an open and closed folder) and then go back to the left pane to continue the transfer.
Not a suggestion with copying per-se but before you start to fill it up you might want to consider formatting it as Linux ext3 instead, since Fat32 only allows a maximum filesize of 4Gb. There is no such limit in ext3.
To run Linux on a machine with a Windows OS the simplest option is simply to boot it from what's known as a 'Linux Live CD' (or DVD) - free of course!. This doesn't install anything on your machine and doesn't effect Windows in any way, but allows you to temporarily run Linux. To return to Windows, just reboot without the disk in the machine. There are numerous Live CD downloads available around the internet, download, burn and boot! If you just want it for formatting disks then have a look at http://www.finnix.org/ It's small and designed for admin tasks however it only provides a linux command line, so you would need to learn the appropriate commands for formatting a drive, see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disk-format/
To run Linux on a machine with a Windows OS the simplest option is simply to boot it from what's known as a 'Linux Live CD' (or DVD) - free of course!. This doesn't install anything on your machine and doesn't effect Windows in any way, but allows you to temporarily run Linux. To return to Windows, just reboot without the disk in the machine. There are numerous Live CD downloads available around the internet, download, burn and boot! If you just want it for formatting disks then have a look at http://www.finnix.org/ It's small and designed for admin tasks however it only provides a linux command line, so you would need to learn the appropriate commands for formatting a drive, see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disk-format/
Originally Posted by tgabber:
“Not a suggestion with copying per-se but before you start to fill it up you might want to consider formatting it as Linux ext3 instead, since Fat32 only allows a maximum filesize of 4Gb. There is no such limit in ext3.
To run Linux on a machine with a Windows OS the simplest option is simply to boot it from what's known as a 'Linux Live CD' (or DVD) - free of course!. This doesn't install anything on your machine and doesn't effect Windows in any way, but allows you to temporarily run Linux. To return to Windows, just reboot without the disk in the machine. There are numerous Live CD downloads available around the internet, download, burn and boot! If you just want it for formatting disks then have a look at http://www.finnix.org/ It's small and designed for admin tasks however it only provides a linux command line, so you would need to learn the appropriate commands for formatting a drive, see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disk-format/”
“Not a suggestion with copying per-se but before you start to fill it up you might want to consider formatting it as Linux ext3 instead, since Fat32 only allows a maximum filesize of 4Gb. There is no such limit in ext3.
To run Linux on a machine with a Windows OS the simplest option is simply to boot it from what's known as a 'Linux Live CD' (or DVD) - free of course!. This doesn't install anything on your machine and doesn't effect Windows in any way, but allows you to temporarily run Linux. To return to Windows, just reboot without the disk in the machine. There are numerous Live CD downloads available around the internet, download, burn and boot! If you just want it for formatting disks then have a look at http://www.finnix.org/ It's small and designed for admin tasks however it only provides a linux command line, so you would need to learn the appropriate commands for formatting a drive, see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disk-format/”
I'm also trying to format an usb drive (toshiba 1.5 GB to ext3. I've burnt Ubuntu 10.04 to Disc and have tried to get it to format the USB drive using Terminal. I get a 'No such file or directory' message. If I try to use the Disc Utility I get a 'device busy' message. I suspect I'm doing something wrong but can't work out what. Any suggestions folks?
Originally Posted by widget2:
“I'm also trying to format an usb drive (toshiba 1.5 GB to ext3. I've burnt Ubuntu 10.04 to Disc and have tried to get it to format the USB drive using Terminal. I get a 'No such file or directory' message. If I try to use the Disc Utility I get a 'device busy' message. I suspect I'm doing something wrong but can't work out what. Any suggestions folks?”
“I'm also trying to format an usb drive (toshiba 1.5 GB to ext3. I've burnt Ubuntu 10.04 to Disc and have tried to get it to format the USB drive using Terminal. I get a 'No such file or directory' message. If I try to use the Disc Utility I get a 'device busy' message. I suspect I'm doing something wrong but can't work out what. Any suggestions folks?”
You will probably need to "unmount" the Toshiba drive first. I used Gparted in Ubuntu 10. From memory ( sorry I'm at work) there is an option there to unmount the device and then you can format it. Took a long time on my Toshiba 1.5 so if the blue light is flickering its still work in progress!
Originally Posted by germanycalling:
“You will probably need to "unmount" the Toshiba drive first. I used Gparted in Ubuntu 10. From memory ( sorry I'm at work) there is an option there to unmount the device and then you can format it. Took a long time on my Toshiba 1.5 so if the blue light is flickering its still work in progress!”
“You will probably need to "unmount" the Toshiba drive first. I used Gparted in Ubuntu 10. From memory ( sorry I'm at work) there is an option there to unmount the device and then you can format it. Took a long time on my Toshiba 1.5 so if the blue light is flickering its still work in progress!”
Thanks GC. That worked fine!
Originally Posted by boyzie:
“Partition Magic 8.0 will format to ext3 in windows and Ext2IFS will read ext3 in windows.”
“Partition Magic 8.0 will format to ext3 in windows and Ext2IFS will read ext3 in windows.”
Thanks Boyzie. I'll bear that in mind in future. Probably simpler.
I'd recommend ext2fsd for reading ext3 discs.
ext3fsd sits in the backgroud of Windows.
http://www.ext2fsd.com/http://www.ext2fsd.com/
Also diskinternals linux-reader from
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
Both programs free
ext3fsd sits in the backgroud of Windows.
http://www.ext2fsd.com/http://www.ext2fsd.com/
Also diskinternals linux-reader from
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
Both programs free
Originally Posted by WillS:
“I'd recommend ext2fsd for reading ext3 discs.
ext3fsd sits in the backgroud of Windows.
http://www.ext2fsd.com/http://www.ext2fsd.com/
Also diskinternals linux-reader from
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
Both programs free”
“I'd recommend ext2fsd for reading ext3 discs.
ext3fsd sits in the backgroud of Windows.
http://www.ext2fsd.com/http://www.ext2fsd.com/
Also diskinternals linux-reader from
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
Both programs free
”
Yes mine should have read ext2fsd.
