Ext 4tb hdd formatted as device storage but only shows as 1.6tb? Mibox (Oreo)

by Krakenredbeard

So I picked up a cheap we 4tb portable hdd and I had mibox format it as internal storage as it's the only way I can really get it to useful on the devices as I'm having terrarium download movies and shows for offline viewing in case the internet goes down etc. But the mibox only shows it as a 1.6tb drive instead of 4.

Pre format is shows correctly but I can't set terrarium or adm to it's location to download stuff from terrarium that way.

Any ideas or just another bug within Oreo?

Thanks in advance.

I had very minor annoyances with Oreo nothing that I haven't found some sort of work around for but I'll list below and tell my work around.

Audio issues surround sound is internmittent at best but only way I can get audio back when it goes away is to factory reset and it's no specific time when the surround sound will go out again. So disabling Dolby and turning surround off works for me. However many people say it does nothing for them.

Audio after sleep or standby goes away. If I flip source away from the mibox and then back it bring audio back for me.

Weird display degridation after sleep. Three ways to fix. Flip source away from mibox and back. Or goto display and and reset the resolution or reboot the box.

I have submitted an email with my issues to xaoumi but this hdd one is new and haven't sent a email regarding that yet.

jettehhawk

Why do you need to set it as internal? Besides the app loading what other features you you need? You'd be better setting up the HDD as a NAS and using a smaller dedicated USB for the Mi Box.

elister

Its weird. If you let Android format the drive, you cant use it on a PC. If you format it to NTSF, you can use it on a PC, but not on Android. If you format it to FAT32, no problems on either Android or PC, but are limited to file sizes to 3.9 gigs.

Did you know that Raspberry Pi's make for cheap NAS? Even OpenELEC works (Kodi), it will share out anything you connect to it. If you dont want to connect to a PC, just format to NTSF and share it out via Pi3.

Anon_8675309

Doesn't necessarily have to be "another bug with Oreo". Could've that the mi box USB controller firmware has a 2TB limit.