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Azzy_FT9

Azzy_FT9

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Searched all around the forum not seem to be finding any solution. Most days I get disk full error, even when I have 92% of my disk space left. I've deleted everything from my trash can. This then stops auto timers from recording and also needs a reboot. Any solution?

Also how do you remove the trash can as it's unecessary on sucmnsee's image?
 
check your mount location matches your recording and epg paths, sounds like it could be recording to your box and it's the box that's full
 
I had this error and it was because my portable HD was was formatted as fat32, and the recording file reached the 4 gig limit giving that error.
Format your drive on your pc as NTFS, dont let the box do it, and try a recording to see what happens - should be fine now.
 
Can anyone help me.
i have recently purchased a zgemma h2s and have the recording facility all set up correctly.
Using a 64gb usb stick when i record a half hr program or hr it records it fine.
yet when i record something longer like football or wwe for 3 hrs it will always stop after an hr or hr and a half and say disk full. Yet is is not.
i can accept that and then select it to record again.
Clearly theres lots of space has anyone got any suggestions?
I can watch recorded programmes fine too.
The only thing i haven't done is formatted the stick but seeing as its working near enough properly im sure thats not the problem
 
I'll echo what rustymg said. When flashing his box have the memory stick as fat32 format, once done if your gonna use the same memory stick for EPG, downloads etc then reformat to NTFS.

Fat32 returns an error like your experiencing.
 
Thank you.
However i have got down to 30% left so used about 40Gb.
and hour and under programmes are fine just longer ones....
Sorry if i sound stupid but whats flashing the box?
All i want to do is use timer record and normal recording but not to stop....
is the answer still to format to NTFS in a pc?

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Or does that mean 4gig on the program i am recording? If so why is it always a different time tho?
 
Just put your Hdd in the USB port on your computer and format it to NTFS.

Power off your box.

Then put the Hdd in the USB port on your box. Boot up the box.

Go into the menu and find "storage devices" then initialise the Hdd.

No more problems recording long programs. (y)

Ballpark recording figures

Lets say a film about 1 and a half hours long

SD = 2 gig
HD = 5-7 gig

If your Hdd was formatted as Fat 32 on your computer originally, it has a 4 gig max partition so you get the error message.
 
That makes perfect sense...thank you i will give it a try.

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Haven't i read somewhere tho that the box cannot initialise the hdd as it always stops on 50% or is that something else?
 
Thanks bees i have done what you said and it works. The only difference is that when recording two programmes there are some channels that you cant watch but that wont matter.
 
mbandrews said:
That makes perfect sense...thank you i will give it a try.

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Haven't i read somewhere tho that the box cannot initialise the hdd as it always stops on 50% or is that something else?
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No that was an issue with initialising the sd card
 
Can anyone help me... I'm having the same Disk Full error. I've formatted in NTFS, initialized via the Setup menu, created the swap file.. all works fine until I restart the box and I get the disk full error again. I press file list and it suggests the disk only has 64kb on it! It was working up until about a week ago .... frustrating!
 
You may have developed a fault on your HDD, download HDDGURU, it's free.

Do a low level format then follow the instructions in post #9
 
I'll give it a try tonight .... Although it has been formatted multiple times using Partition Magic. One thing I have noticed... It does all the initialization, everything works fine until I restart the box. Once I restart this is where I get the disk full error. So I plugged the drive into my laptop last night and it had changed from EXT4 to Fat32. That's the problem. Whenever I restart the box, it changes the HDD plugged into the rear usb from EXT4 to Fat32...
 
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Tony Bryden said:
I'll give it a try tonight .... Although it has been formatted multiple times using Partition Magic. One thing I have noticed... It does all the initialization, everything works fine until I restart the box. Once I restart this is where I get the disk full error. So I plugged the drive into my laptop last night and it had changed from EXT4 to Fat32. That's the problem. Whenever I restart the box, it changes the HDD plugged into the rear usb from EXT4 to Fat32...
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Its highly unlikely a Linux box would change it to a windows filesystem, ext4 is native Linux,
How big is the Fat32 partition,? Your windows PC may not be able to read the ext4 partition.
I usually just format my drives to ext4, and normally don't even need to initialise them then.
 
It's a 500Gb drive - one partition. It's bizarre! Doing my head in haha... I work in IT and knowing I've got a piece of kit sitting in front of me that isn't working is killing me o_O
 
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