Amiko Alien2+ useful command line tips

Hi Folks,

Here are a few useful commands that I found helpful when setting up the OpenATV image on my Alien2+ box. Maybe other people can add their useful tips for the command line also, for reference.

I use putty for SSH or telnet access to devices. You can dowload it here, PuTTY Download Page


default username and password on OpenATV is root with no password set.

Change the root password via the CLI, issue the command passwd.

root@amikoalien:/# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
mkdir /movie
mkdir /timeshift

root@amikoalien:/media/sda1# mkdir movie
root@amikoalien:/media/sda1# mkdir timeshift

vi /etc/fstab
o – for new line
UUID=c4f2b559-ca9a-40a1-a3d9-a48dd85379e0 /media/hdd auto defaults 0 0


Notes – Just did an unmount and format, created directories, added mount to fstab and all was OK then.

Use blkid to get your UUID for the disk, then add below to fstab
UUID=c4f2b559-ca9a-40a1-a3d9-a48dd85379e0 /media/hdd auto defaults 0 0

Unmount the unit.
Code: umount /dev/sda
or
mine
Model: Samsung M3 Portable
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB


Format the unit in Ext3 through linux.
Code:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda


Mount the usb/hdd.
For OpenATV /media/hdd/timeshift/
&
/media/hdd/movie


Create a folder called Movie for the recordings.
Code:
root@amikoalien:/media/sda1# mkdir movie
root@amikoalien:/media/sda1# mkdir timeshift


Chmod to 777 for the recordings ,etc. (I didn't have to do this).

chmod 777 /media/hdd/movie
chmod 777 /media/hdd/timeshift


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