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    Question Ultraplus 980HD filesystem type

    Hi all:
    I trialled a UP 980 for a time and recorded some programs to an external WD 1 TB drive which I formatted with the 980. As I recall, I selected a journalled file system.

    The UP980 didn't measure up to either my expectations or my requirements, so it went back. I subsequently found that I couldn't mount the external drive on my iMac to copy files off, even with the Fuze extension that should allow mounting of Linux partitions. I don't have any other computers.

    I didn't worry too much as I was planning to get another Linux-based PVR, so I figured it'd have no trouble mounting the drive.

    Now, I have a Vu+ Duo (Linux based), but it can't mount the drive either. When I use fdisk, it reports that the drive has a partition of type 83, but it won't mount as ext2 or ext3. It looks like the Duo may not support JFS as shipped, but I'm not sure.

    It may help if I knew exactly what file system the UP980 puts on to external USB drives when it formats them.

    Anybody know?

    Thanks.
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    I just format USB drives for the 980 in fat32 and macs should be fine with that. (I'm not a mac person though)

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    Imagine you'd selected the journalled option instead, as I did, thinking that that would be a better choice, especially since I don't use Windozer at all.

    That's the situation I'm in.

    Do you know what format the 980 would have used?

    Thanks.

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    I don't know. Maybe send an email to UltraPower?

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    That could be worth a shot. I had a really rough time dealing with one of his main distributors here though, and I'm not sure if that was unusual or systemic, given that it is such a small operation.

    Thanks.

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    I'm not sure (haven't checked) but I think the file system is this:
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    Quote Originally Posted by reubot View Post
    I'm not sure (haven't checked) but wouldn't the file system be this:
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    That was my first thought; my second was ext3.
    No go.

    It's *possible* that it does use one of those (or ReiserFS, or something else), but that the box I'm using now doesn't support whichever it is.

    If I *knew* what the format was, I'd have to search just one haystack, not two simultaneously.

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    Update:
    I've discovered the /proc/filesystems file - very handy.

    It seems the Vu+ Duo, at least with the openPLI image, doesn't support jfs, so that may eliminate one haystack.

    I'm asking around to see if there is a way of adding jfs support to openPLI.

    If anyone can confirm that the 980HD does *really* use jfs, that would still be handy to know.

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