Write error disc full on fat32 usb hdd

[jez]

Ive got a 1tb wd usb hdd split into 3 partitions, plugged it in and mounted the fat32 300gb partition. All seemed ok apart from i noticed i couldnt use permanent timeshift option and I got the drive is not an ext2,3 or 4 error. And while recording after about an hour had a disc full error even though i had loads of room left, so figured out it was probably to do with the fat32 4g file limit. Just wondering if i can format the fat32 partition to ext2, 3 or 4, which ext number i should use and any guides out there for doing this in windows

 

[Larry-G]

you could use Gparted or parted magic ( both available on this site ) to format one of the partitions to ext3 or ext4.

 

[jez]

Ive got paragon partition manager so going to try with that, should i go with ext3 or ext4 do you think?

 

[Larry-G]

either should be fine although i would personally go wit EXT4 as it's the newer format.

 

[jez]

getting "creating Hard-link to Timeshift file failed! The Filesystem on your Timeshift -Device does not support hardlinks. Make sure it is formatted in Ext2 or Ext3!. but permanent timeshift then seems to work, getting glitching now though, thinking this was maybe a bad idea,
is it possible to put an internal drive in as 4gb simply isnt enough for some longer tv shows

 

[jez]

edit: can live without the permanent timeshift even though its weird that after the error it seems to work, (maybe its a time sensitive error)as just recorded over 5.5gb with no problems, sorted

 

[duoduo]

Having the same issues mate, can you try and watch the programme you have just recorded and tell me if you can watch without errors cos mine just keeps getting error and rebooting after 5 seconds of play

 

[jez]

just watched about 5mins of it and seems fine, i originally had 3 partitions on the usb hdd i got rid of the fat32 one and formatted a 530gb linux ext3 partition, it still shows as ext4 in the mount manager for some reason but working fine so far

 

[duoduo]

Ok mate, thanks for letting me know the issue must run deeper for me, I'm using internal hdd

 

[jez]

would have preferred an internal hdd, let me know if you sort it out m8 please as I couldn't find anything about how to fit one in the xp1000 when looking

 

[duoduo]

I get the time shift error as above everytime i change channel, is this the same for you jez or are you all sorted now?

 

[jez]

yeh i turned permanent Timeshift off as the error was getting on my nerves and it crashed a few times, but recording seems fine now so i figured i could live without the timeshift.

 

[duoduo]

Ok mate, did this error happen due to you updating the latest vix? Let's hope andy blac can fix this.

 

[jez]

Permanent timeshift wont enable in fat32, so was the first time i tried recording over 4gb which prompted me to look at formatting the drive to linux, but i did click on software update yesterday which took me to build 652

 

[judge]

I get the time shift error as above everytime i change channel, is this the same for you jez or are you all sorted now?

timeshift should be setup to use an ext3 or ext4 device.

 

[jez]

@judge what do you mean, I have formatted to Ext3 and Ext4 and still get "creating Hard-link to Timeshift file failed! The Filesystem on your Timeshift -Device does not support hardlinks. Make sure it is formatted in Ext2 or Ext3!" on external usb hdd

 

[judge]

what does the drive show up as in mount manager? and how did you format it?

 

[jez]

formatted with paragon partition manager 12, and it shows up as an ext4 drive in mount manager

 

[judge]

I'd try formatting it on the box.

 

[abu baniaz]

Catch 22.

Through STB you can only format in ext 4. Doing so gives you the hard link error.

I posted a question a few weeks back. After no response I had to format in a dm800.