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<div>'''wootness.'''</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Crash&diff=14431User talk:Crash2008-06-25T21:55:45Z<p>Crash: New page: '''wootness.'''''Italic text''</p>
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<div>'''wootness.'''''Italic text''</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Create_RAID_in_LMCE_Manually&diff=14430Create RAID in LMCE Manually2008-06-25T21:44:15Z<p>Crash: New page: =Introduction= If for one reason or another Pluto's web-admin RAID setup doesn't detect your drives, you can manually install them via the command prompt. Before installing manually, ensu...</p>
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<div>=Introduction=<br />
If for one reason or another Pluto's web-admin RAID setup doesn't detect your drives, you can manually install them via the command prompt. Before installing manually, ensure that each disk you are trying to RAID is empty of all partitions and try the web-admin again. If you are sure that the disks are empty of all data and partitions, and the drop down menu in web-admin RAID setup still does not show your disks, then proceed to the following directions. <br />
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NOTE: The computer used for this demonstration is using 3 SATA drives, 2 of which we are going to setup into RAID 0.<br />
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=Step 1: Know your hardware=<br />
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If you haven't done so already, ensure that your disks are connected and that you know the logical name for each disk you want to RAID. Use the <i>fdisk -l</i> command to do so. The devices in the demo computer were listed as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and /dev/sdc. The latter two being the ones we want to setup for in RAID 0, so if there is anything on the drives already we need to use <i>fdisk</i> to remove it. <br />
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=Step 2: Preparing the drives=<br />
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*First thing first, I want to delete any partitions on the drives. We will again be using <i>fdisk</i> for this.<br />
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dcerouter~# fdisk /dev/sdb<br />
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*Substitute <i>/sbd</i> with whatever drive you with to prepare first.<br />
NOTE: If you are not familiar with <i>fdisk</i>, use the help function to display all options available.<br />
*We want to see if there are any existing partitions.<br />
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Command (m for help): p<br />
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*My drive has one ntfs partition, yours may differ. <br />
*Now I delete.<br />
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Command (m for help): d<br />
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*Now write using <i>w</i>. <br />
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NOTE: Do this for all drives you wish to setup.<br />
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=Step 3: Creating the RAID=<br />
*Use <i>mdadm</i> to manually setup the RAID. There are a few variables that will differ for each user's system, and they are bolded and explained following:<br />
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dcerouter~# mdadm --create --verbose /dev'''/md0''' --'''level=0''' --raid-'''devices=2''' /dev/'''1sdb''' /dev/'''sdc1'''<br />
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**<i>md0</i>, RAID logical name, which may differ if you already have one RAID setup. <br />
**<i>level=0</i>, what type of RAID.<br />
**<i>devices=2</i>, how many drives in the RAID (minimum of 2)<br />
**''/dev/1sdb'' and ''/dev/sdc1'', the newly setup partitions on each drive.<br />
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*Once that is finished, I format the newly created RAID array.<br />
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dcerouter~# mkfs.ext3 ''/dev/md0''<br />
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*Again, ''/dev/md0'' is subject to change depending on what you set the RAID up for. This process could take a while. Go get a sandwich. <br />
*Now we need to create a partition on the newly formatted drive. Use ''fdisk''.<br />
*Create a new partition using ''n''<br />
*Select primary, <i>p</i>, then <i>1</i> for one partition. When it asks for start and end blocks, press enter for default. <br />
*Check the partition again using <i>p</i>.<br />
*Write: ''w''.<br />
*Reboot to the Orbiter.<br />
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=Step 4: Done=<br />
The orbiter should automatically detect the drive when you reboot. Check the web-admin RAID setup to ensure the drive is there.<br />
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[[Category: Tutorials]][[Category: Storage]]</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Evga_8600gts&diff=14219Evga 8600gts2008-06-20T18:23:16Z<p>Crash: </p>
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<div>[[Category: Hardware]]<br />
[[Category: Graphic Cards]]<br />
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[[Image:evga8600gts.jpg]]<br />
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== Card documentation ==<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&family=GeForce%208%20Series%20Family EVGA Product Page]<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/256-P2-N761-AR.pdf EVGA Product specs pdf sheet]<br />
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== Status ==<br />
This card is confirmed to work with UI2 w/alpha blending after [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers installing the latest drivers.]<br />
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Beware, the card wouldn't project a video signal after installing the new drivers when using a DVI->VGA adapter. Even after pressing 1 and 2 to switch the video output for the AVWizard, it wouldn't project a signal. S-video and DVI->HDMI cable both worked fine though. <br />
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Still tweaking settings, will update if necessary.<br />
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During installation, the workaround posted in [http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5364.0 this thread] helped quite a bit. <br />
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'''Side note'''<br><br />
The documentation is for a 256MB version GTS, while I'm using the 512MB version bought from Newegg.com [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130286 here.]</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Evga_8600gts&diff=14005Evga 8600gts2008-06-18T16:07:09Z<p>Crash: </p>
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<div>[[Category: Hardware]]<br />
[[Category: Graphic Cards]]<br />
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[[Image:evga8600gts.jpg]]<br />
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== Card documentation ==<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&family=GeForce%208%20Series%20Family EVGA Product Page]<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/256-P2-N761-AR.pdf EVGA Product specs pdf sheet]<br />
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== Status ==<br />
This card is confirmed to work with UI2 w/alpha blending after [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers installing the latest drivers.]<br />
<br />
Beware, the card wouldn't project a video signal after installing the new drivers when using a DVI->VGA adapter. Even after pressing 1 and 2 to switch the video output for the AVWizard, it wouldn't project a signal. S-video and DVI->HDMI cable both worked fine though. <br />
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Still tweaking settings, will update if necessary.<br />
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'''Side note'''<br><br />
The documentation is for a 256MB version GTS, while I'm using the 512MB version bought from Newegg.com [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130286 here.]</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Evga_8600gts&diff=14004Evga 8600gts2008-06-18T16:03:51Z<p>Crash: </p>
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<div>[[Category: Hardware]]<br />
[[Category: Graphic Cards]]<br />
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[[Image:evga8600gts.jpg]]<br />
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== Card documentation ==<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&family=GeForce%208%20Series%20Family EVGA Product Page]<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/256-P2-N761-AR.pdf EVGA Product specs pdf sheet]<br />
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== Status ==<br />
This card is confirmed to work with UI2 w/alpha blending after [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers installing the latest drivers.]<br />
<br />
Beware, the card wouldn't project a video signal after installing the new drivers when using a DVI->VGA adapter. Even after pressing 1 and 2 to switch the video output for the AVWizard, it wouldn't project a signal. S-video and DVI->HDMI cable both worked fine though. <br />
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Still tweaking settings, will update if necessary.</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Evga_8600gts&diff=14003Evga 8600gts2008-06-18T16:02:33Z<p>Crash: New page: Category: Hardware Category: Graphic Cards Image:evga8600gts.jpg '''Card documentation'''<br> [http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&family=GeForce%208...</p>
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<div>[[Category: Hardware]]<br />
[[Category: Graphic Cards]]<br />
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[[Image:evga8600gts.jpg]]<br />
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'''Card documentation'''<br><br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&family=GeForce%208%20Series%20Family EVGA Product Page]<br />
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[http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/256-P2-N761-AR.pdf EVGA Product specs pdf sheet]<br />
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== Status ==<br />
This card is confirmed to work with UI2 w/alpha blending after [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers installing the latest drivers.]<br />
<br />
<br />
Beware, the card wouldn't project a video signal after installing the new drivers when using a DVI->VGA adapter. Even after pressing 1 and 2 to switch the video output for the AVWizard, it wouldn't project a signal. S-video and DVI->HDMI cable both worked fine though. <br />
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Still tweaking settings, will update if necessary.</div>Crashhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:Evga8600gts.jpg&diff=14002File:Evga8600gts.jpg2008-06-18T15:47:59Z<p>Crash: EVGA 8600gts 512MB</p>
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<div>EVGA 8600gts 512MB</div>Crash