[slim] Re: Slimserver with WinXP NAS
Yes, will be buying a new SB3 at some point soon. wIll give the old WinXP fresh build server a go. If its not happening, i will have no choice but to get down with the linux! -- eeyssjr eeyssjr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18129 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver with WinXP NAS
I'm thinking of getting another Squeezebox after selling my one a while ago. I bought alot of kit (SB, 300GB harddrives, PC for server etc.) last time round to get a nice hassle free setup - but it never worked out so i sold the SB. Problems basically revolved around the complete lack of ability of WinXP to run a 24/7 server without dying after 24 hrs. It was ridiculous. Fresh install SP1 became unusable in very short time running slimserver. eg. Worked at night before, by morning slimserver lost connection. You get the idea. SP2 was worse - really, really worse (IExplorer just dying consistently on certain webpages). Annnywaysthe old brain is thinking of trying all over again. But what i'm wondering is if anyone else has successfully run a 24/7 (or just reliable for a week or so at east) server on WinXP for their Squeezebox. Or do you all restart the box on a daily basis? I'm sure those with linux boxes have done this, but i don't have the time patience anymore to do the config it takes like i would have a a while ago. Should i schedule a restart nightly? to keep it running OKish. I can't tell you the number of times i have gone to the garage to restart a the box that is non-responsive. I'll looking at the linux, but in all honesty, it seems to much hassle to get it running completely right. Samba setup, network config, mounting drives, getting them to automount etc and the general maintanance required. seems too much - and will it be stable anyway? So i guess my question is how best to run a server which is really stable and hassle free for squeezebox? I like the look of this new TS-101 NAS - the Download Server it has - anyone know if that will be like, say, Getright, or more like Bittorrent instead? And you can add extra USB storage, that is very good, future proof. Any advice / help appreciated to help restore my confidence in this before i shell out the wonga all over again. -- eeyssjr eeyssjr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18129 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver with WinXP NAS
Thanks very much for the info. This helps because firstly i needed to know if a stable XP server is even possible. When you say base OS install, i assume you mean a SP1 install? I will be using the basic SP1 XP Pro install. I have always been careful with hardware selection - this is not a cheap box either. Abit mobo generally considered one of the best for stability. Matrox graphics again, stable. No sound card. This is a bare but quality system (it used to be my desktop machine - 2GHz Athlon). I am going to rebuild it with a fresh XP Pro install. And leave it at that, just as a file server with no slimserver, no nothing - and see how it goes. I do have to use a Netgear rangemax wireless card though, that driver may be dodgy. It won't take long to see if the box can stay up for long enough(!). -- eeyssjr eeyssjr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18129 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver with WinXP NAS
146 days is somewhat a dream. Having said that in linux if a process does fail its easy to restart that specific process - in windows this often isn't the case, the whole box has to go down. I am (and have to an extent already) seriously considered the linux route. I used SlimCD today and it is good no doubt. My gripes revolve around my lack of use of linux which make it frustrating. I can see how the writer of the version has tried so hard to make than less of an issue for windows users. My music is on a 300gig drive that is NTFS. My question is whether that is compatable with linux - i read it will be read only for NTFS (?). Another music drive is FAT32 - so linux will be OK with that straight off? I can't go and reformat the NTFS drive either - its got all the music on it! So i need to buy another 300 gig drive to sort that one out. And i want to mount the drives so that they're always there, no remapping needed. ALso would need to get the wireless card working on it (the box will go in the garage) - netgear rangemax are windows only drivers, so have to get some porting software to sort out that, which is not ideal situation and may not work. These are small barriers to entry which make it less attractive. -- eeyssjr eeyssjr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18129 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
