[mythtv-users] Storage Solution: Can ya help a brother out?

[vamythguy]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:38 PM, vamythguy <vamythguy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> The Problem:
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>>> After installing the fan and the memory, the machine refuses to boot.
>>> There is no video, the post code indicates it's booting, but the HD and
>>> CD/DVD just keep cycling.  I have tried just about every combo of stripped
>>> down mobo I can but nothing (other than the cycling drives).  My media
>>> remains orphaned.
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> 1) You say stripped, but it sounds like your drives are still connected.
> Unplug them from the board / card, and if it's a RAID card remove that from
> the board as well. You want nothing more than CPU, RAM and video hooked to
> the motherboard in instances like this.
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> 2) Have you removed the board from the PC? Maybe it's grounding out on
> something.
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> 3) Hook up a PC speaker to the motherboard and listen for beep codes.
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> Good topic  though, I'm going to be upgrading my backend storage soon and
> this post asks some of the same questions I have. Being a Windows admin by
> trade, LVM and software RAID frighten me.
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Yeah, the sata controllers are onboard and I'm concerned about losing the
cabling order (and, I think, then losing the array) so I haven't yet
disconnected those (apparently I'm too lazy to label the cables).  Which is
why I've been thinking about maybe an enclosure connected via eSATA.
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