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  1. grahamlthompson

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    sloppyjoe - 40 minutes ago  » 
    I just tried to telnet, but is complains it cannot connect on port 23.
    I can ping it..

    Have you enabled telnet on your PC ?

    https://www.technipages.com/windows-10-enable-telnet ?

    Have you installed the telnet package on the Foxsat ?

    Maintenance Mode was introduced with v4.0.9 release of the firmware. In this mode the Foxsat-HDR is booted with bare minimum processes running. i.e. No set top box functionality.
    This provides maximum memory resources to the partition check utility and allows hard disk partitions normally in use to be unmounted for checking.
    Partition check and repair is facilitated by a suite of binary tools, plus a helper script to do the hard work for you.

    This version contains a recompiled linux kernel which has swap file support enabled. Thus providing the additional virtual memory resources required when checking the larger disk partitions.

    Also, the embedded busybox multi-call binary has been recompiled to provide applets for the mkswap, swapon, swapoff, tune2fs, and e2fsck utilities. Standalone versions of debugfs, dumpe2fs, and badblocks are also included. It is outwith the remit of this document to explain the function of each of these utilities. If you require additional information I suggest you Google for 'linux' followed by the name of utility.

    To enable maintenance mode it is simply a matter of opening a telnet session and entering the 'fix-disk' command.
    The Foxsat-HDR will then display some information about the utility, after which a reboot into maintenance mode will be initiated.
    Once rebooted, re-open a telnet session and enter the 'fix-disk' command once again. Then sit back for an hour or so while it does it's magic.
    A log file of e2fsck partition checking operations will be created at /mnt/hd1/fix-disk.log. This can safely be deleted.

    Linux gurus can initiate maintenance mode manually by entering the command 'touch /usr/data/.MAINTENANCE_MODE' then rebooting.
    All of the above mentioned utilities are then available to you should you wish to perform partition checking without the aid of the 'fix-disk' script.
    A second reboot restores the Foxsat-HDR to normal set top box operation.

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 10:31:34 #11 |
  2. sloppyjoe

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    Telnet is enabled on my pc and I am quite certain telnet was installed on the HDR. Perhaps I could try installing it again to make sure.

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 10:40:19 #12 |
  3. sloppyjoe

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    I cannot connect with telnet, so I am going to buy a new HDD, and this is what I have chosen. Does it seem ok ?

    Seagate ST2000VM003 Pipeline HD 2 TB 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 11:38:30 #13 |
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    sloppyjoe - 56 minutes ago  » 
    Telnet is enabled on my pc and I am quite certain telnet was installed on the HDR. Perhaps I could try installing it again to make sure.

    Can you open the Webif using a browser. ?

    Did you have a ftp package. Can you login to the box using Filezilla. Was Samba installed. If so can you see the Foxsat in the Network option in Windows file explorer ?

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 11:40:21 #14 |
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    sloppyjoe - 56 minutes ago  » 
    Telnet is enabled on my pc and I am quite certain telnet was installed on the HDR. Perhaps I could try installing it again to make sure.

    Can you open the Webif using a browser. ?

    Did you have a ftp package. Can you login to the box using Filezilla. Was Samba installed. If so can you see the Foxsat in the Network option in Windows file explorer ?

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 11:41:13 #15 |
  6. sloppyjoe

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    I cannot connect with webif, tried that several times. I cannot connect with ftp, and I cannot telnet, but I can ping it !

    I can see Foxsat-HDR in file explorer, but I cannot open it. I have been able to in the past.

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 11:57:35 #16 |
  7. REPASSAC

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    If you are prepared to write off your recordings. I suggest connecting the drive to a PC and using disk manager to delete all partitions. There is a good chance the corruption is not caused by a defective disk surface, if so the Foxsat will format it and all would be good again.

    You would then need to reinstall the custom firmware full web interface.

    You mention a 2TB pipeline disk, the Foxsat will only format sizes up to 1TB, If you really want 2TB you would need to format it yourself.

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:20:40 #17 |
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    I will stick with 1TB, it's not a problem. I would like to keep the recordings if possible, and I wondered if I connect the drive to my PC, is there any way of "seeing" them ?

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:34:09 #18 |
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    There is a unix driver called Ext2Fsd you can install that will allow Windows to understand the filing system (EXT3) structure.
    This assumes the drive problems still allow it to function.

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:54:56 #19 |
  10. sloppyjoe

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    I am a bit puzzled as to my the custom firmware is not recognising webif and telnet. I have used them both in the recent past. Is there a way of flushing the current firmware and reinstalling to ensure everything is as I think it is ?

    | Tue 30 Oct 2018 13:23:31 #20 |

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