How to Format USB stick

[YipMan]

3} After you have connected your usb stick, ...............

Hi!
What is the preferred port for can put my usb?
one above or one below?
thank you

 

[Matrix10]

Hi!
What is the preferred port for can put my usb?
one above or one below?
thank you

All ports should function te same.
For image flash use front port.

 

[YipMan]

Format that 8GB on your PC at FAT32. The only limitation will be max. file size - 4GB. It doesn't matter for your needs. If the stick will not work, is not compatible with Solo2. Please, post the model of stick. Thanks.

Hi !
Impossible with 16GB ?
I would like to use it for picons, EPG, Movies and MEOBOOT, is that possible?

 

[YipMan]

If you're using a USB-only for epg, picons, subtitles ??.
then you can use FAT32 PC windows format
and just make a mount without formatting
Then must work.
===
But FAT32 you cannot use for Multiboot with Meoboot.

Hi!
So I use another USB stick for MEOBOOT?

 

[a911]

If U format USB to ext4 (for meoboot) , you still can use it for other stuff!

When U mount USB make the directory >>>>media/usb!
Then install meoboot and other items like picons,plugins, Epg backup,,,etc!

 

[YipMan]

If U format USB to ext4 (for meoboot) , you still can use it for other stuff!

When U mount USB make the directory >>>>media/usb!
Then install meoboot and other items like picons,plugins, Epg backup,,,etc!

thank you a911
So regardless of the capacity of the USB
I had problems before, now all is clear
thank you again friend

 

[YipMan]

Hi!
Partition and format it's OK, but when I mount both partitions USB, after the reboot:
1 - With Silicon-Power 16GB VU + hangs on Starting ....
And I tried another USB:
2 - With Integral 4GB VU + starts but the mount point does not.
Thank you for your help

 

[Katikakus]

Format the first partition in FAT32

 

[YipMan]

It's the same for me USB stick 16GB, with 4 partitions and formatted in EXT4.

And when I mount : sda1(media/univers) sda2(media/usb)...sda3 (...)
the vu + stuck on Starting ...


1/ here is my current fstab without mount :

rootfs / auto defaults 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /var/volatile tmpfs mode=0755 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs mode=0777 0 0
UUID=634febd6-73aa-494b-9a57-9311b6bf2b75 /media/usb auto defaults 0 0
UUID=a6f0444d-1e1f-4771-9178-5316c3217bdf /universe auto defaults 0 0

2/ and my bootmisc.sh :

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: bootmisc
# Required-Start: $local_fs mountvirtfs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs
# Default-Start: S
# Default-Stop: 0 6
# Short-Description: Misc and other.
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/default/rcS
#
# Put a nologin file in /etc to prevent people from logging in before
# system startup is complete.
#
if test "$DELAYLOGIN" = yes
then
echo "System bootup in progress - please wait" > /etc/nologin
cp /etc/nologin /etc/nologin.boot
fi

#
# Set pseudo-terminal access permissions.
#
if test -c /dev/ttyp0
then
chmod 666 /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
chown root:tty /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
fi

#
# Apply /proc settings if defined
#
SYSCTL_CONF="/etc/sysctl.conf"
if [ -f "${SYSCTL_CONF}" ]
then
if [ -x "/sbin/sysctl" ]
then
/sbin/sysctl -p "${SYSCTL_CONF}"
else
echo "To have ${SYSCTL_CONF} applied during boot, install package <procps>."
fi
fi

#
# Update /etc/motd.
#
if test "$EDITMOTD" != no
then
uname -a > /etc/motd.tmp
sed 1d /etc/motd >> /etc/motd.tmp
mv /etc/motd.tmp /etc/motd
fi

#
# This is as good a place as any for a sanity check
# /tmp should be a symlink to /var/tmp to cut down on the number
# of mounted ramdisks.
if test ! -L /tmp && test -d /var/tmp
then
rm -rf /tmp
ln -sf /var/tmp /tmp
fi

# Set the system clock from hardware clock
# If the timestamp is more recent than the current time,
# use the timestamp instead.
test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
if test -e /etc/timestamp
then
SYSTEMDATE=`date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M`
read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
if [ ${TIMESTAMP} -gt $SYSTEMDATE ]; then
date -u ${TIMESTAMP#????}${TIMESTAMP%????????}
test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
fi
fi

#Black Hole
if [ -e "/bin/bh_parallel_mount" ]; then
/bin/bh_parallel_mount
fi

/usr/sbin/crond -c /etc/bhcron/

[ -e "/usr/bin/.Bhautoswap" ] && /usr/bin/.Bhautoswap
# end

: exit 0

Can you help me

 

[YipMan]

Format the first partition in FAT32

Thanks friend.
I already formatted in FAT32

 

[chatelain]

Thanks friend.
I already formatted in FAT32

Remove your USB stick from the box, then format in Fat32 on your pc or laptop, put it back on the box , get your 4 partitions as before then format it using EXT3 instead of EXT4 then mount all your partitions and hopefully you can finally smile. Ps: This is the way I always use to get my USB work properly with: universe and Media/usb( meoboot, picon, swapfile, epg) and it is a 16GB Kingston Data Traveler .

 

[solarteki]

Format that 8GB on your PC at FAT32. The only limitation will be max. file size - 4GB. It doesn't matter for your needs. If the stick will not work, is not compatible with Solo2. Please, post the model of stick. Thanks.

Last night i Hit blue then blue to access Black Hole "speed up" and "enabled" the Opera plug in and hit red for save. The box needed to re boot so I hit ok. Since then it just keeps rebooting continuously never getting past "starting gui" before it tries to boot again.
I downloaded new firmware and inserted the flash before switching on
I hoped it would instal but went to re-boot again. Help please I miss my solo2. My flash was formatted to fat32 on laptop.

 

[Eragon]

@solarteki
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