P Nelson wrote: 
> I do have an old windows machine lying arround that has windows 2000,(or
> Windows me?) that is not being used at all.?  It is old, but it should
> run the vortexbox software?  If I screw it up and a make it a brick, I
> don't care!  I hope it will have the sleep and wake-up feature, as I
> don't want a box running all day.
> 

perfect. go for it.  One caveat.  The VB software install assumes that
the disk holding your software AND your music files is an internal drive
(rather than USB HDD).  It is possible to setup with USB HDD, but that
takes some extra setup/linux commands.  Install VB from here: (you'll
burn the image to a disk, then install on your old machine):

http://vortexbox.org/content/123-downloads

instructions here:

http://vortexbox.org/content/122-Quick-Install-Guide

more detail:

http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki-index.php?page=ISO+Install

more info:

http://info.vortexbox.org/


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