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This is largely hypothetical, but I had a thought and couldn't find an answer to it via googling. If you export a volume on a physical drive via iSCSI, if you yanked that drive and put it in another machine or external enclosure, would it be readable as any other standard hard drive? My iSCSI...

I know asking for opinions on a hard drive or manufacturer is a good way to get a bunch of anecdotal horror stories, but I'm doing it anyway. I'm looking to get one or two new drives for my Linux mdadm based raid5. Ordinarily I'd just go with a WD drive since a dollar or two here or there...

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/snowleopard/ Looks like the upcoming (eta: ~a year) version of OS X Server is going to have full ZFS support.

Okay, so I'm a bonehead and just did something very stupid. I have a 3x500GB raid array and I put in another 500GB disk and went to grow the array. First I added the new disk the the array mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sde no problem. Next, I went to grow the array, but foolishly I entered 5...

Okay, I'm fairly certain that I know the answer to this question already, but just wanted to post here incase I've over looked something. Currently I'm running a 3x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 raid5 using Linux md (software raid) as a media NAS. It's just about full, so I'm looking at putting...

So, having found a pretty good deal on 3x 500gig 7200.10's, I've started setting up the box I'm going to use for my raid5 fileserver and playing around with mdadm using some virtual disks for practice. After getting the basics down, I decided to try something a little more adventurous -...

I'm currently looking at building a low cost home file server that will be used mostly for media storage and a few backups of documents etc (which will be backed up elsewhere as well). In other words it's not critical data. I'm looking for flexibility above all, and some reliability is...

I've found myself with an ever growing collection of various media files, and it's getting to be a pain to accommodate and organize it on my main box. I've been looking at some options, and it looks like the cheapest and most flexible option is to do a Linux setup with a RAID 5 and EVMS, with...

I'm looking for a 17" LCD for my dad. He's not going to use it for anything very taxing, just the usual work stuff - Word, email, web etc. so a fairly basic (and preferrably cheap) panel should be fine, but I'd like to make sure it's reasonably reliable too. It will run off an old GF3 Ti200, so...

I'm looking to upgrade to Windows XP Pro, and the cheapest way I can get it is an Upgrade version through my school. The only legit MS OS I still have disks/keys for that qualifies for an upgrade is 98SE, but my problem is that it's not a retail version, but the version that came with an old...

Not sure if this is better here or in the Networking forum... I've got a linux box at home that's being used as a NAT router/firewall running ClarkConnect. I'm planning on rebuilding it, and I want to make it a little more functional. I'm looking for something that will give me a quick setup...

I'm considering a PVR card for my system (just a desktop, not building a HTPC), and the PVR-150MCE looks like a good bet. I can get it for a reasonable price, better than I can find the non-MCE edition. I notice that the MCE edition doesnt have a remote (which is fine by me, since I already have...

I'm looking at a laptop for university this fall, and I've narrowed my choices down to a Dell 600m and a Toshiba Tecra M2. The features are pretty much identical, I get 768 MB of RAM with the Dell vs. 512 in the Toshiba, and the Dell also has a deal where I get a DVD+RW drive (just a CD-RW on...

I've got a little pet peeve about most keyboards sold - those damn function keys. They make it so that the default for the function keys isn't the normal F1-12, but the silly open, close etc. buttons, which I hate. I guess it's meant for those who don't game and dont' know key combos for the...

Okay, I've been trying to track down the source of a computer problem I've been having. I built my brother a new computer, and in it is my old hard drive. The motherboard is an Asus A7V8X-X, and the hard drive is a Maxtor D740X 40GB. The hard drive worked perfectly for two years in my system...

I'm one of the drooling masses using Kazaa, and I'm still using a very old version of Kazaa Lite. I recently tried getting a new version, and got one called Kazaa Media Desktop K++ Lite or something, which ended up putting a ton of nasty crap on. Is there still a good spyware/malware free...

Okay, I've put together a (mostly) new computer for my brother, and I'm trying to install windows 2k. It boots off the CD, and does its stuff. It gets past loading some drivers, and goes to something like "Starting Windows 2000." Then it pops up an error saying Disk I/O error...

Quick question about XP. If I buy an OEM version of XP Pro, will it have product activation like the retail version?

I'm putting a new hard drive in my system, and I'm wondering if there's a quick way to copy the data from the old one to the new one (including boot and partition info). I just want a quick and dirty temporary fix before I completely reinstall my system. Could this be done using something like...

I just got a Linksys WRT54GS. I'm going to use it just for my wired network for the moment, since I don't have any computers with wirelss, but I wanted the capabilities since I'm probably getting a laptop soon. Anyways, I've got it all set up, I'm disabling the wireless network for now, but...

Does anyone know of a fairly stable and reliable package that will do web based configuration of iptables? Currently I'm running ClarkConnect, and it does its job so far as it goes, but it doesn't go much further. I'd like to replace it with a complete install, one that can do whatever I need -...

I've got a few questions regarding the upgrade versions of XP Pro (as in, not the full version). First of all, can you do a clean install, or does it have to be on top of an existing install? Secondly, what is required to install the upgrade? Do you just give it a CD key for a supported previous...

Okay, well I've been looking at laptops to get for university in the fall, and the current front runner is a Dell 600m. It's not perfect, and I'd love to have a nice T42 or something similar, but I just can't justify the expense for an IBM. So far, this is how it's configured 1.5 GHz P4-M...

I routinely do sweeps of my computers with AdAware and Spybot S&D. I did one today, and on all 3 of my desktops (W2K SP2, fully updated through Windows Update except for SP4) Spybot shows an entry for "DSO exploit." It says "Data source object exploit" and gives a registry location when I expand...

I'm looking for a laptop to take to university this fall. I'm not planning to game on it, so I don't need a hugely powerful processor, but I'd like to stay away from Celeries. I'd like a DVD-ROM and 802.11g. Weight (although I don't want an ultra-portable, I'd like a 14-15" screen)...

Currently my network is set up with a Linux box running ClarkConnect (think it's 0.91 or something close to that) as a server/firewall system for my home network. I'd like to add wireless capability to my network, but I want to make sure it will be secure. I don't really feel like providing net...

I just installed a Radeon 9800 Pro into my system. It booted into windows fine, I installed the drivers, and when it rebooted, it would not boot at all. It simply hangs on a blank screen. I have the MSI D-Bracket attached to the mobo (has LEDs to indicate POST state, etc.) and it shows 4 red...