Vu+duo2 install hdd help

[smo0th75]

i want to take 2tb hard drive out of slybox +HD BOX will i need to format it and if i so where do i do it. does the duo2 format the drive for you 2. can i keep the stuff i have on the drive and watch it on duo2 can someone point me in the right direction thanks in advance

 

[DaMacFunkin]

You won't be able to watch the Sky stuff on the duo2, I would advise plugging the drive into a windows PC and deleting all existing partions before installing into duo2, then you will be able to initialise it and format to ext3/4 in the duo2.

 

[smo0th75]

i have already formatted via duo2 didn't do it pc what is ext3/4 thanks for reply

 

[jbzebra]

Hi
Ext3/4 is a file system used for Linux, like windows use NTFS/Fat32, hence format it in the Duo2.
jb

 

[byzent]

This is not necessary, you can install the NTFS-3G plugin from the feeds and your box should be able to read and write on an NTFS formatted drive with no need to reformat it.
I did this over a year ago, login to your box with telnet and type:
opkg install ntfs-3g
The problem now is that the feeds aren´t working, maybe someone can post a link where to download it?
V