Welcome to Our Dreambox World - Japhar Sim - SuperSim
Forum Stats
12401 Members
237 Forums
7723 Topics
23804 Posts

Max Online: 4756 @ 02/20/20 11:12 PM
Newest Members
djmed, kiki21, nobles, Josef Novak, Mohmmed.59
12401 Registered Users
Who's Online
5 registered (Toysoft, fabrizio77, Admin, Herrleon, haki), 971 Guests and 194 Spiders online.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Shout Box

Top Posters
Admin 9876
Toysoft 2634
satsedhu 1713
fairbird 765
ludo19 442
Top Posters (30 Days)
Admin 19
dmr 8
Rtm79 4
Toysoft 3
Sasillo 3
March
M Tu W Th F Sa Su
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Topic Options
#4026 - 12/06/15 09:55 AM How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash
Toysoft Online   content
Japhar Member
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 10/22/10
Posts: 2634
How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash, to gain space in your box Flash Memory (using an external USB Flash Stick).

Install : enigma2-plugin-extensions-expand-memory_3.0_all.ipk

Tested with OpenATV 5.0 on DM800HDse,

TS

Code:
#!/bin/sh
# DM800se
# eB
# Expand-Extensions-share-python2.7-local
echo "Wait a minute, please!"
echo "flash memory is swapped"
echo "dreambox will reboot soon"

sleep 3
init 5
mkdir /media/usb/Expand
cp -r /usr/lib/enigma2 /media/usb/Expand/enigma2
cp -r /usr/share /media/usb/Expand/share
cp -r /usr/lib/python2.7 /media/usb/Expand/python2.7
cp -r /usr/local /media/usb/Expand/local
sleep 2
rm -r /usr/lib/enigma2
rm -r /usr/share
rm -r /usr/lib/python2.7
rm -r /usr/local
sleep 2
ln -sfn /media/usb/Expand/enigma2 /usr/lib/enigma2
ln -sfn /media/usb/Expand/share /usr/share
ln -sfn /media/usb/Expand/python2.7 /usr/lib/python2.7
ln -sfn /media/usb/Expand/local /usr/local
sleep 2
rm -rf /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/Expand-memory
sleep 2
init 6


Attachments
enigma2-plugin-extensions-expand-memory_3.0_all.ipk.zip (177 downloads)
expand_scripts_hdd-usb.rar (147 downloads)

_________________________
DM8000, DM800se, DM500HD, DM800HD, DM7025, DM7020s, DM7000, DM500s
VU+ Solo, VU+ Uno, VU+ Duo, Kathrein UFS910
Tivusat, TNTSat, Fransat, SSR/TSR, BBC1-2-3/ITV
DE-OpenBlackHole 1.4 image : http://www.openblackhole.com/

Top
#4035 - 12/06/15 09:29 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
d800se Offline
VIP Japhar
newbie

Registered: 11/19/15
Posts: 32
Used until now this routine (giving 17MB free).

Code:
init 4
mv /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions /media/usb
mv /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages /media/usb
ln -sfn /media/usb/Extensions /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions
ln -sfn /media/usb/site-packages /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages 
init 3


This one give more (21MB) moving more. Nice.
Tested with OpenPLi 4.0 on DM800HD SE.
Thanks

Top
#4038 - 12/06/15 10:48 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
Admin Online   content
Japhar Member
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 10/19/10
Posts: 9876
Thank you !!! Very welcomed and Thank you for sharing, a lot of members here will love it.

Admin
_________________________

Top
#20052 - 11/26/19 12:53 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
peco Offline
VIP Japhar
stranger

Registered: 01/24/18
Posts: 11
Hi,
What doing this command, and why, please:
Code:
rm -rf /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/Expand-memory

Thank you.

Top
#20053 - 11/26/19 01:38 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
Admin Online   content
Japhar Member
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 10/19/10
Posts: 9876
It removes a plugin (the folder that has all software/files) that should be called "Expand-memory".

Admin
_________________________

Top
#20054 - 11/26/19 03:11 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
peco Offline
VIP Japhar
stranger

Registered: 01/24/18
Posts: 11
Oh, OK.
I had no idea how he appeared there. The directory "Expand-memory" was created after installing the ipk.
Can I run script expand-usb.sh instead of installing an ipk?

Top
#20056 - 11/26/19 04:42 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
Admin Online   content
Japhar Member
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 10/19/10
Posts: 9876
I don't know, try and give us feedback,

Admin
_________________________

Top
#20059 - 11/27/19 01:36 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: Toysoft]
peco Offline
VIP Japhar
stranger

Registered: 01/24/18
Posts: 11
Just ran the script and the flash is expanded.

Top
#20069 - 11/27/19 11:05 PM Re: How to swap Internal Flash to External Flash [Re: peco]
Admin Online   content
Japhar Member
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 10/19/10
Posts: 9876
Thank you for your feedback !

Admin

Originally Posted By: peco
Just ran the script and the flash is expanded.
_________________________

Top



Moderator:  fairbird, gaga24, ludo19 
New Topics
ERROR after flashing OpenPLi 8.X star 20230624
by Sasillo
03/25/24 06:27 PM
Fatal: Target device '/dev/dreambox-rootf
s' is not

by Admin
03/22/24 02:45 PM
EchoStar wins DoD extensions for private 5G
by Admin
03/19/24 02:56 PM
DM900 red light
by slavekpl
03/17/24 03:42 PM
openpli-enigma2-8xst
ar-dm820 epgimport not install

by dmr
03/13/24 09:09 AM
openpli-20240306-GCC
-13.2-dm820

by dmr
03/12/24 01:01 PM
Build your own OSCam... Ubuntu 18 and 22 svn11737
by Admin
03/04/24 10:37 PM
EchoStar bleeds Boost Mobile subscribers
by Admin
03/04/24 04:35 PM
Old DM800HDpvr
by Rtm79
03/03/24 06:32 PM
Saluti
by Rtm79
03/03/24 06:19 PM
DM7020HD : OpenPLi 8.xStar 20240303 GSt 1.20.5
by Admin
03/03/24 12:57 PM
DM7020HD : OpenPLi 8.xStar 20240303 GSt 1.20.5
by Admin
03/03/24 12:57 PM