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Firstly if this post should be elsewhere I apologise, please move it.
Anyway, I have a media PC I've just loaded Mythdora onto one drive, I also have a second drive ( a raid array controlled by a dedicated controler) that is formatted with NTFS (I originally tried MCE) this drive is purely for storage, it's 2tb (4 x 500gb + 1 x 500gb, raid 5)
I'd like to reformat this drive, I've already moved all of my recordings off it, so I'm ready to go, just can't quite figure out how to format the drive (don't know where the tools exist in Myth, or if I should be using OS (the fedora bit?) tools)
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Formatting existing secon drive in Mythdora
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 10:08 AM
You need to go down to the OS level.
An easy way to find the drive details is to type dmesg and you'll see all the details of your boot up.
You should be able to get the drive device from this.
If it was IDE you might have : /dev/hda, hdb, and hdc. If you had HDA as your main boot / myth drive and HDC as your CD rom this would make HDB the new drive. (IDE slot 1 Master = HDA, Slave = HDB. and IDE slot 2 = HDC and D)
If it is SATA you are looking for /dev/sda or sdb etc
Go into fdisk with
fdisk /dev/xxx
check the partitions with 'p' (get help with 'h')
delete with 'd' and create a new one with 'n'
when you are done 'w' for write and 'q' for quit
Then format it with
mkreiserfs /dev/xxx1 (for Reiserfs)
or
mke2fs -j /dev/xxx1 (for ext3)
or
one of many other - a quick google will give you info on linux formats
Note the '1' at the end is for petition 1 on the new drive. Repeat with '2' if you add more partitions
An easy way to find the drive details is to type dmesg and you'll see all the details of your boot up.
You should be able to get the drive device from this.
If it was IDE you might have : /dev/hda, hdb, and hdc. If you had HDA as your main boot / myth drive and HDC as your CD rom this would make HDB the new drive. (IDE slot 1 Master = HDA, Slave = HDB. and IDE slot 2 = HDC and D)
If it is SATA you are looking for /dev/sda or sdb etc
Go into fdisk with
fdisk /dev/xxx
check the partitions with 'p' (get help with 'h')
delete with 'd' and create a new one with 'n'
when you are done 'w' for write and 'q' for quit
Then format it with
mkreiserfs /dev/xxx1 (for Reiserfs)
or
mke2fs -j /dev/xxx1 (for ext3)
or
one of many other - a quick google will give you info on linux formats
Note the '1' at the end is for petition 1 on the new drive. Repeat with '2' if you add more partitions
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Posted 07 March 2008 - 04:18 AM
Thanks for the reply, I'll try that.
Next stupid/newby question, how do I get to a command prompt, the machine just loads the MythGUI on boot up..
Next stupid/newby question, how do I get to a command prompt, the machine just loads the MythGUI on boot up..
Edster, on Mar 5 2008, 07:08 PM, said:
You need to go down to the OS level.
An easy way to find the drive details is to type dmesg and you'll see all the details of your boot up.
You should be able to get the drive device from this.
If it was IDE you might have : /dev/hda, hdb, and hdc. If you had HDA as your main boot / myth drive and HDC as your CD rom this would make HDB the new drive. (IDE slot 1 Master = HDA, Slave = HDB. and IDE slot 2 = HDC and D)
If it is SATA you are looking for /dev/sda or sdb etc
Go into fdisk with
fdisk /dev/xxx
check the partitions with 'p' (get help with 'h')
delete with 'd' and create a new one with 'n'
when you are done 'w' for write and 'q' for quit
Then format it with
mkreiserfs /dev/xxx1 (for Reiserfs)
or
mke2fs -j /dev/xxx1 (for ext3)
or
one of many other - a quick google will give you info on linux formats
Note the '1' at the end is for petition 1 on the new drive. Repeat with '2' if you add more partitions
An easy way to find the drive details is to type dmesg and you'll see all the details of your boot up.
You should be able to get the drive device from this.
If it was IDE you might have : /dev/hda, hdb, and hdc. If you had HDA as your main boot / myth drive and HDC as your CD rom this would make HDB the new drive. (IDE slot 1 Master = HDA, Slave = HDB. and IDE slot 2 = HDC and D)
If it is SATA you are looking for /dev/sda or sdb etc
Go into fdisk with
fdisk /dev/xxx
check the partitions with 'p' (get help with 'h')
delete with 'd' and create a new one with 'n'
when you are done 'w' for write and 'q' for quit
Then format it with
mkreiserfs /dev/xxx1 (for Reiserfs)
or
mke2fs -j /dev/xxx1 (for ext3)
or
one of many other - a quick google will give you info on linux formats
Note the '1' at the end is for petition 1 on the new drive. Repeat with '2' if you add more partitions
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Posted 13 March 2008 - 12:29 AM
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Next stupid/newby question, how do I get to a command prompt, the machine just loads the MythGUI on boot up..
I made this very easy for you. Simply go to MythDora Tools on the main menu and there is an xterm menu for you there.
There's no box to tough !!!!!
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