[VU+ Duo] Can't mount Ext HDD on vix 3.0

[Rahat786786]

On vix 2.4I could mount my western digital external HDD and it showed file type as fuseblk. Now whenever I plug it in it says unavailable and mount always fails. My work around at the moment is to connect it to my router and the vu+ duo sees it as a network drive. The problem with this is that movie playback stutters at times and this wasn't the case when plugged directly.

Any ideas?

 

[Rahat786786]

Anyone? Used to work absolutely perfectly on vix 2.4 builds.

 

[Rahat786786]

It is an NTFS drive and used to mount perfectly with vix 2.4, infact, last time I went back to vix 2.4 to see if the drive was messed up but it mounted perfectly. I heard there is a way to mount the drive in linux using mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/hdd/ but have no clue what to do. I cannot in anyway format the drive as I have a lot of important data on it.

 

[basilyoung]

ntfs?? it should be fat 32 or ext 3/4

 

[Rahat786786]

But that's what I am saying, it worked great in vix 2.4 and file type was detected as fusblk

 

[basilyoung]

sorry too knackerd to think...but hope some one helps you out

 

[Rahat786786]

Ok, no problem.

 

[Rob van der Does]

An NTFS drive should be fine, but you have to install the ntfs-utils (telnet 'opkg install ntfs-3g').
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[Rahat786786]

When I do that it says package download failed on telnet.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Then there is no internet connection or the feeds are down. Please try again in better times.

 

[Rahat786786]

Oh yeah, I think the feeds are down on the vu. So by doing this command the box will recognize and read from my Ext NTFS drive?

 

[Rob van der Does]

Should do, yes. When properly mounted of course.

 

[Rahat786786]

What I am trying to say is it doesn't mount and so will that command allow me to mount it?

 

[Rob van der Does]

Maybe, as than NTFS can be fully used. Just give it a try; it's needed anyway to use a NTFS-drive.

 

[Rahat786786]

Ok, thanks for the help mate. Strangely enough, playback on the network drive works great today after a reboot of the Vu+ Duo. If it stays like this I won't have a reason to mount the drive lol, here's hoping!

 

[Mavarick]

I had the same iuuse with a WD ext HDD, I was directed to get the NTFS plug in and after that it worked fine just did that vis the box itself