If you want reliability first and foremost (so do I!) I'd suggest
running it on a server. They're built differently to PCs, and generally
made of better quality parts.
I run SS on a IBM Netfinity Pentium II rackmount server with 128MB RAM.
Sure, it should probably be on a faster machine (if you
What about an old mac mini? Something like a 1.25GHz 0r 1.42 GHz PPC
machine? They are small and super quiet, and should be fairly
inexpensive. You can easily add multiple USB2.0 and/or Firewire
external drives for expansion without worrying about drive size limits.
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Nikhil
With regard to the large hard drive problem in old macs, does upgrading
the os to Tiger for instance get round the G4 128GB limit, or do you
still need to fix it otherwise...
Thanks.
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sdevans
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sdevans;235721 Wrote:
With regard to the large hard drive problem in old macs, does upgrading
the os to Tiger for instance get round the G4 128GB limit, or do you
still need to fix it otherwise...
Thanks.
No, Tiger itself doesn't get past this limit. However, there is
something called
muski;235809 Wrote:
No, Tiger itself doesn't get past this limit. However, there is
something called the SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver that does
(and doesn't require upgrading the IDE controller). It costs $25. I
use it on my Mac Cube with a 250GB IDE drive and it works fine. If I
What OS are you planning on using on the PC?
Probably using windows 2000 or XP. I did muck about with xubuntu, but
I'd rather it just worked. My concerns aren't really the software side
of it, as once it's running I don't want it to change, it's more the
build quality of the hardware. I can't be
sdevans;235192 Wrote:
Am I just trying to justify another Apple purchase!
I run Slimserver on a 455MHz G4 Mac Cube. Runs very reliably, and as
the Mac Cube is fanless, I can hardly ever hear it. (The only problem
is that it is not fast enough to run InguzEQ).
There are two features built
Fishing for some advice
My 'garage pc' just fell over again and as the slimserver machine
that's really annoying, no music! Some hardware/power failure this time
which I may not be able to fix.
So I start looking round on ebay to buy another 5 year old beige box
and use that as the server.
Fishing for some advice
If you want a set-it and forget-it system I suggest you get whatever you know
best. Since my family use the Squeezeboxen I try to keep my slimserver running
this way as I'm the only one who can debug problems and the rest of the family
is annoyed if the music
What OS are you planning on using on the PC?
Cody
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sdevans;235192 Wrote:
So which is more reliable (and will slimserver run?) a no-name beige pc
or a powermac G4 (400Mhz or so), as I can get both for around £50 from
ebay if I look hard enough. I think I can cram in the IDE hard drives I
bought for my 'server' in to either. I haven't been
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