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Hi, after reading up hot to on here, i have managed to format an external hard drive in ext 3 format. Can move recordings over to it no problem but when I try and delete one the following message comes up “cannot delete file due to file restrictions”
Any help gratefully received
Phil.
Phil
Are you trying to deleate the file on the external HDD or the original on the humax?
I too have this issue. My drive has been filled full due to wife’s series recordings and lack of deletion of same. My Fox T2 (yes I know) says disc full, and will not let me delete any files. I thought I could take the drive out and connect up to a PC running Ubuntu, then selectively delete some of files, until the Humax allows the drive to function normally.
Anyway is this possible, do you know ?
Is how ??
Thanks in advance!
VTROldBoy – 10 hours ago »
My Fox T2 (yes I know) says disc full, and will not let me delete any files. I thought I could take the drive out and connect up to a PC running Ubuntu, then selectively delete some of files, until the Humax allows the drive to function normally.
Anyway is this possible, do you know ?
Is how ??
The fact that the HDR-FOX T2 won’t allow you to delete files suggests to me that the file system has become corrupt and is now read only. There are two ways to correct this:
1. There is custom firmware for the HDR-FOX T2 which sits alongside the standard Humax software and adds features. One of these is a utility to correct file system problems called fix-disk. The custom firmware can be obtained by going to https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Main_Page and doing some reading. The items on “Installing the custom firmware” and the item on “Maintenance mode disk check (fix-disk)” are particularly relevant.
2. The other way is essentially what you were suggesting, remove the hard drive from the HDR_FOX T2, connect it to the Ubuntu computer with a SATA to USB adapter (NB it needs to be the type of adapter that comes with a 12V power supply for the hard drive, cheap ones will only have a 5V supply) and then run fsck; see https://www.tecmint.com/fsck-repair-file-system-errors-in-linux/
One other thought, the recordings on the hard drive will be owned by user “root” so you will need to use the su command to become the root user.
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