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in fact currently flexRAID is more of a smart backup (flexBACKUP?) - someone could make a nice mix of flexRAID and unRAID and get something interesting

by all means, good luck to you man BTW, I first touched linux when it was kernel going to 0.9-something (16 years ago?), but I am waaaaaaaaaay back from some of the real experts here. (to be honest it looked really unattractive back then... I already had a GUI enabled computer - read: Amiga - so... ...well don't blame me, I was young and didn't know of the snowball effect linux would have in the future... the story of my life)

well it certainly is interesting maybe it's even what delays 4.3 * or made Tom disappear (ok bad joke ) * in fact 4.3 is delayed trying to find out a better name for the infamous "badly named button" (a slightly better joke)

Wow, I remember the time this was the answer to everything. (it was about the same era where I could use that same phrase) Things have gone a long way since then and became much more complex and "specialized". I hope by "I am programmer" you really mean, "I can handle linux really well and even build whatever is missing". Good luck to you.

I connected through pidgin, so I won't really bother having an extra client.

maybe there we can ask "where Tom is this time?"?

It is fairly easy to test yourself isn't it?

Usually Tom gives another license for such cases.

OK you can do this with the FREE edition. You CANNOT do this with the other editions (those you pay).

A PM issue?

Where are you from? All versions will work on CF, but you HAVE to have a USB stick, so that the LICENSE will work.

dc+ is P2P protocol. Works a bit different, but is P2P. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer The more important in such a server in my opinion is torrent. It is widely used (read this "legally widely used") by many companies to actually download their data (many linux distros use it too as you probably already know). The least you can do is to keep sharing, so a torrent client really fits. (yes I will test what you gave me this weekend) DC+ is maybe next, as it is mostly used in semi-closed groups and you personally share your data. You can have a picture of how open and how popular a protocol is by checking out the page above and seeing how many programs actually implement each protocol.

to use it as what? as disk part of the array? or use it as USB stick? you most probably cannot use it as USB stick because there will be no identifiable USB serial number for unRAID to work if you talk about the free version - maybe - but it is simple to try yourself

MediaPortal is open source. I too am not an open source freak, it is really something important in (the geek part of) our planet, but sometimes (and again -unfortunately- MediaPortal comes to mind) it just SLOWS down things (yes slows down, not accelerates). In MP since I gave it as example, at one time they decided to scrap the old buggy main menu setup mechanism (that DID have good functionality though) and start over. ONE YEAR LATER while the whole other project has moved greatly, I am still waiting for the ability to really configure the menus (the actual front end! what is more important in an HTPC?) at least as I did before they scrapped the old code. You'd say: Why don't you code it? (the "easy" but VERY offensive reply of the "common coder") Well I don't have the time and the last time I was involved in programming (it is how I started with computer btw), was maybe 15 years ago. You see since such projects are build in the free time of most the programmers involved, sometimes you wait for parts of code for months. Then if TOO many are involved, management and "fitting" of all those parts becomes an issue. Linux is an example that worked well. I can give you many that didn't. If directx was open source it wouldn't be directx 10.1, it would possibly be beta 0.1232.66 and you'd have to keep visiting a site to keep on top of updates. Ah and you'd never be with the "big players" (read: nVidia and AMD/ATI) that now actually MAKE their hardware to fit DX/D3D (just see how bad opengl is implemented in some of their products). (To return to my previous post) To me having to choose a card (say a new hybrid card) not because it is the one I like, but because it has driver for the OS I want is a big limitation already. Also to look to the community to provide me with that driver (and not the actual company that MAKES the hardware), again is not too great in my mind. Anyway. To each his own as you said.

all well known solutions the problem is multimedia hardware support still limited in linux I prefer mediaportal and the comfort of directx (frankly opengl is the NOT the answer to everything)

thanks man - ftp pm in a couple of hours (ah the time difference - you mostly work when I sleep and the opposite ) (btw, how easy is to setup ftp included in unRAID to be actually usable as an externaly accessible ftp?)

huge in numbers?

I will most probably need to detach - except if I "lock" my main terminal (easily accessible through KVM switch) with this task, which is what will happen if the ability to detach is too complex. Why seed? Don't you have an FTP? (else I can give you an account on one of mine) Ah you mean so you can test? Better download a .torrent file (choose something small or here is a chance to download a whole other linux distro you may have missed ), wait for it to download fully and hopefully the default action of the torrent program will be to seed it from then on (at least for some hours). Shoot me with testing material.

thanks for all the help maybe some help also here? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=1395.30 (with this topic here, Tom might be able to help by just adding this little driver in the generic kernel - but for that topic there, I don't expect help - other than from an expert user like you I mean)

yes but TX4 is 70 euro here (3+ times the cost of card I mentioned - of course the FOUR ports make this a closer match)

further investigation shows that this is the controller in the card: http://www.initio.com/support/index-download.htm (INIC-162x mentioned on top of page) in the link there is ALSO a linux driver (newer too, without fedora version "limitation")... so possibly ok?

thought about it further: - I am a bit scared of converters, also (although available overseas) haven't found any IDE to TWO SATA converter (anything else would compromise my expandability) Performance, how well they do their job (add one more and uncontrollable variable in case something doesn't work as expected) - My case has space for 12 disks and I have 9 in. So why not take advantage of that? So I will probably get some cheapo PCI 2-port SATA (it is so cheap that I will forget I ever bought it) and just up my board ability from 9 to 11. In the future if things get tight and 500/750/1TB *IDE* disks are not dead cheap (maybe in a year), instead of swapping for bigger (those four+one IDE I have) I might just take one more SATA card and start eliminating the use of IDE bus. PCI might not be the best option, but this is what my board has (at least AFAIK it has a GOOD PCI impementation - being an old hi-end Asus) and after all I doubt it will be worse than an IDE to SATA converter or even worse than using an old IDE drive.

I found this card for less than 20 euro. It even has RAID (I don't care) and NCQ etc. http://www.sunix.com.tw/it/en/Product_Detail.php?cate=2&class_a_id=34&sid=447 The thing is: Will it work? It says it has linux drivers for 2.6x kernel, but for some reasons not Fedora 6 (?)... http://www.sunix.com.tw/it/en/DRIVER.php?cate=3&classnumber=2&usid2=125&usid1=34&Psid=447#top If my unRAID will not directly support it, will I be able to "semi easily" compile it and install it myself? (or Tom and have it in next release?)

That is an interesting though - any experiences? (esp. performance) Also, would such an adapter fit BOTH in the slave and the master plugs? (so I get two SATA?) Or this option will limit my expandability (6 IDE = 3 SATA)? Add to that, that I have found 2-port SATA controllers for less than 20 euro (and a 4-port for less than 50). Note SATA, not SATA2, but maybe a better choice? (then it is a matter of if the card is supported by slackware)

tnx