Dm 500 newbey question

[halfdene]

Dear Forum members or guests

I posted this question on various boards but nobody gave me a solution, mabey it is not possible so then please tell me

my 500 is without Usb connection. Is there a way to create more memory for my box. I have created a virtuel disk on my pc. Can I use this virtuel disk for my 500.

Can I build an Usb connection in the 500 and how do I do that.
Are ther other possibilities.

If its not possible I will think of buying another 7020 and use the 500 for educational purposes.

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

I dont know if its possible but why would you want usb connection to a pc? Im sure the network cable route is better..why do you want more space? Is it the var directory you want to increase? Thats not possible!

[on_the_jazz]

I dont know if its possible but why would you want usb connection to a pc? Im sure the network cable route is better..why do you want more space? Is it the var directory you want to increase? Thats not possible!

Yes it is, if your plugins are taking up too much space you can mount it on a network drive (over ethernet). Try PLI Jade.

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

Oh right, is that what network mounts are for?

[art15t]

You've gone var to far this time

Yes it is, if your plugins are taking up too much space you can mount it on a network drive (over ethernet). Try PLI Jade.

I think /var/tuxbox is a symlink to /etc/tuxbox so the plugins are actually in /etc/tuxbox/plugins. Hopefully nothing at boot time requires any of your plugins so if I were you I'd create a backup image before you start. Then if it all goes Pete Tong you can flash it back to it's original state

Create and mount the share then copy the contents of the plugins directory over to the share.

cd /etc/tuxbox
find plugins|cpio -pdmuv /var/mnt/my_pc_share

Then delete the plugins directory.

rm -rf plugins

Now replace the directory with a symlink to the mount point of the share you created using Jades mount facility.

ln -s /var/mnt/my_pc_share/plugins plugins

Hope this helps M8

[on_the_jazz]

Oh right, is that what network mounts are for?

I use mine for recording and playing back too.

I think /var/tuxbox is a symlink to /etc/tuxbox so the plugins are actually in /etc/tuxbox/plugins. Hopefully nothing at boot time requires any of your plugins so if I were you I'd create a backup image before you start. Then if it all goes Pete Tong you can flash it back to it's original state

Create and mount the share then copy the contents of the plugins directory over to the share.

cd /etc/tuxbox
find plugins|cpio -pdmuv /var/mnt/my_pc_share

Then delete the plugins directory.

rm -rf plugins

Now replace the directory with a symlink to the mount point of the share you created using Jades mount facility.

ln -s /var/mnt/my_pc_share/plugins plugins

Hope this helps M8

He won't have to do all that since there is a specific option for this in Jade iirc. As long as he has mounted a drive he can do the rest through the menu.

[art15t]

dm500 space issue

I use mine for recording and playing back too.



He won't have to do all that since there is a specific option for this in Jade iirc. As long as he has mounted a drive he can do the rest through the menu.

Sweet. I'll have to take a look at that some time.

[Curious123]

If you use the maxvar images than you could maximise the var space that you have with the image.