On 04/24/2011 03:42 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
[snip]
BTW, what type of backups do you use? It takes 5 DVDs just for my photo
collection!
An external esata enclosure stuffed full off drives.
--
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure
the liberty and happiness o
> Not quite. With this set-up, I wanted the home partition on the external
> drive.
Yep, freebsd is a bit different. It assumes operator is not a
newbee at all.
> That is a potential candidate, because allthe installs mentione were on a
> laptop - HP nx6120 - which is now almost six years old.
A
On Du, 24 apr 11, 11:51:06, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
> Really, the hardware manufacturers should start paying more attention to
> non-Windows users and be more faithful to hardware specifications.
I think, especially in this particular case, sticking to the standards
would have guaranteed
On 04/24/2011 03:21 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote:
> I sympathise with your problem.
> What do you do in this regard? Keep on buying enclosures/drives till you
> find one that works? Perhaps an update to compatible hardware lists and
> manufacturer notifications in this aspect also?
I found the compatib
On 04/24/2011 01:13 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> G.
>
> BACKUPS are a must-do for anyone who values their data.
Very true. But RAID is a useful first measure. One of my disks (a
Western Digital!) failed, and thanks to md I was up and running as soon
as I bought the replacement (well, before that,
On 24 April 2011 14:01, Zoran Kolic wrote:
> > But with the BSDs?
> > Not a chance!
> > With FreeBSD and PC-BSD it is dropped at the USB register stage of both
> the
> > install and all consequent boots after O.S. install - so it's in the
> > mothercode.
>
> I assume the topic is on install to th
> But with the BSDs?
> Not a chance!
> With FreeBSD and PC-BSD it is dropped at the USB register stage of both the
> install and all consequent boots after O.S. install - so it's in the
> mothercode.
I assume the topic is on install to the hdd? Not using usb
hard drive as a storage?
It all depends
On 24 April 2011 10:05, William Cooper wrote:
>
>
> On 23 April 2011 17:56, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
>> On 04/23/2011 06:04 PM, Leonardo Ruoso wrote:
>> > Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in
>> > another box?
>>
>> Actually I tried on two boxes, a deskto
On 23 April 2011 17:56, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> On 04/23/2011 06:04 PM, Leonardo Ruoso wrote:
> > Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in
> > another box?
>
> Actually I tried on two boxes, a desktop running Squeeze and a notebook
> running Wheezy.
>
> The f
On 04/23/2011 05:08 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
[snip]
Anyway I (almost) haven't lost any data since setting up a software RAID
(md) array. Well I have, but it was my fault for messing up with the
partition tables. RAID is a must-do for anyone who values their data.
G.
BACKUPS are a
On 04/23/2011 05:08 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> I've tried two different Western Digital disks. I've had a lot of
>> problems with WD disks, so it could be the hdds' problem.
>
> Yep, I've also heard about that but have not experienced by myself,
> mostly because I tend to buy Seagate hdds.
Good for
On 04/23/2011 06:04 PM, Leonardo Ruoso wrote:
> Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in
> another box?
Actually I tried on two boxes, a desktop running Squeeze and a notebook
running Wheezy.
The first enclosure failed on both, the second worked for a while and
then
On 04/23/2011 09:08 AM, Camaleón wrote:
[snip]
JFYI, I own an external 3.5" USB enclosure¹ (I have more, but are
completely unbranded :-P) and still haven't had any problem with it and
features an internal combo interface to connect both IDE/SATA hard disks:
For a decade, I've had a series of
Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in
another box?
2011/4/20 Panayiotis Karabassis
> Hi,
>
> I made the mistake of purchasing an external HDD enclosure without
> researching first. The enclosure wouldn't be recognized in Debian
> Squeeze or Wheezy with errors th
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:37:00 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> On 04/22/2011 05:31 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> I've had no problems with any of my hdd external cases so may I ask you
>> about brand and model of yours?
>
> Yeap, that's what they said at the shop, that there shouldn't be any
> probl
On 04/20/2011 11:25 PM, Mark wrote:
> I've been using this one with Debian Lenny for a while. Have a 250 GB
> IDE hdd in it currently.
I couldn't find it in my country, but thanks anyway!
On 04/22/2011 05:31 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> I've had no problems with any of my hdd external cases so may I as
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:12:50 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> I made the mistake of purchasing an external HDD enclosure without
> researching first. The enclosure wouldn't be recognized in Debian
> Squeeze or Wheezy with errors that are not relevant since I've returned
> it to the shop.
(..
Hi,
I've been using this one with Debian Lenny for a while. Have a 250 GB IDE
hdd in it currently.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182154&cm_re=hdd_enclosure-_-17-182-154-_-Product
HTH.
Mark
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I ma
Hi,
I made the mistake of purchasing an external HDD enclosure without
researching first. The enclosure wouldn't be recognized in Debian
Squeeze or Wheezy with errors that are not relevant since I've returned
it to the shop.
The drive I want to ...enclose is a 3.5 inch PATA HDD. Acceptable
interf
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