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Hi Mike<br>
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Thanks for all the insight on the prices and hardware - useful !<br>
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You might want to look into something like :
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fs-driver.org/">http://www.fs-driver.org/</a> <br>
They provide ext2 / 3 drivers for windows.<br>
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Also, some of the backup software out there (trueimage supports
FAT16/32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, and Linux SWAP)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/requirements.html">http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/requirements.html</a><br>
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and I think norton ghost can backup to linux filesystems.<br>
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Nice deal on the 360G SATA <br>
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Mike Scott wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I installed Kubuntu 6.10 on my home system and it seems to be working
great. A few necessities were missing (like FireFox and curl),
but apt-get took care of that.
I picked up a 360G SATA drive (about $80 from NewEgg) and replaced
the 180G EIDE that was in there (mobo has EIDE & SATA-1).
For the old EIDE drive, I picked up an external USB2-EIDE external drive
case from Micro Center for $25 (actually I bought 2 so I also have an
external USB2 DVD-ROM drive). I can now transfer my home directories
to the new system and then reformat the drive for general use. The
external DVD will be great for installing on my server, for which I
plan to use either MEPIS or Ubuntu-Server LTS.
Any recommendations as to what filesystem to use on the external drive?
EXT3 would be my best bet, but won't work if I want to back up stuff on
my Windoze laptop.
NTFS has issues writing in Linux and FAT is just plain dumb. Not to
mention that I would probably have to break it into 4G partitions as
that's the biggest FAT can handle IIRC.
The cases are pretty good, though they were designed for gamers who take
"X" and go to rave clubs. They are clear plexiglass with blue and
purple LEDs (blue for power, purple for drive activity), but aside from
that they seem to work great.
I also picked up a video card from Tiger Direct for $55 and will see how
Kubuntu likes it. I currently have my LCD connected to the VGA out on
my system and wanted to use the DVI connector for a clearer display.
This is an older mobo and only has an AGP-4X/8X connector, so if Linux
supports NVidia (I believe it does), it should be good to go.
- Mike Scott
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