[mythtv-users] OT: Firewire HDD
Paul Woodward
paul_woodward at fastnet.co.uk
Wed Feb 18 15:27:23 EST 2004
Just a word of warning - I heard somewhere about Linux being very bad with firewire HDs and simultanious reads/writes. Hopefully one of the gurus on this list can shed some light...
Paul
> I'm trying to build my MythTV setup into an old CD player, and the biggest
> problems I have are 1) mounting the PVR-250 in there, and 2) getting a hard
> drive in there.
>
>
>
> For 1, I bought a flexible PCI riser card, that I hope will work. Since
> it's a cable, though, I'm worried about signal degradation. If it doesn't
> work, I guess I'll just scrap the CD player project and mount it in a real
> case.
>
>
>
> For #2, I can't fit a 3.5" hard drive in there, so I found a 20gb laptop
> drive that I'm going to use. I have a 160gig drive that I'd like to use for
> the storage, and I bought a firewire enclosure for it. The problem is that
> when I plug it in, the system won't boot.
>
>
>
> My questions are:
>
>
>
> a) I know there are some EPIA users out there.has anyone used an external
> drive like this?
>
> b) Is it going to be a PITA getting the drive to mount in Linux?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabe
>
>
>
> EPIA M10k mobo
>
> Fedora Core 1
>
> 256MB Mem
>
> Hauppauge PVR250
>
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>I’m trying to build my MythTV setup into an old =
> CD
> player, and the biggest problems I have are 1) mounting the PVR-250 in =
> there,
> and 2) getting a hard drive in there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>For 1, I bought a flexible PCI riser card, that I =
> hope will
> work. Since it’s a cable, though, I’m worried about =
> signal degradation.
> If it doesn’t work, I guess I’ll just scrap the CD player =
> project
> and mount it in a real case.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>For #2, I can’t fit a 3.5” hard drive in =
> there,
> so I found a 20gb laptop drive that I’m going to use. I have =
> a 160gig
> drive that I’d like to use for the storage, and I bought a =
> firewire
> enclosure for it. The problem is that when I plug it in, the =
> system won’t
> boot. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>My questions are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
> face=3DArial><span
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) I know there are some =
> EPIA users
> out there…has anyone used an external drive like =
> this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
> face=3DArial><span
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) Is it going to be a PITA =
> getting
> the drive to mount in Linux? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>Gabe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>EPIA M10k mobo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'>256MB Mem<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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