Posts by clpetersen

Hello Mats, Marc - In fact, I installed the 2.5" drive today. Was essentailly a trouble free operation, and accomplished the goals - a 'break-the-glass' last resort recovery HDD if ever needed, and runs essentially noiselessly and...

Marc Well you know more than most about the Olive database. Hopefully this is a one time event.

Hello Bram - Reading your post, I tried an incremental backup on software version 4.3.2, which I haven't done since the software upgrade. I am happy to say (sorry to say?) it completed without issue in about ten minutes (say 8-10 CD's...

Thanks everyone for the feedback - I willThanks everyone for the feedback - I will look in the Cool disk silencers. The Icy Box is a full metal 2.5" to 3.5" converter-enclosure, with some internal vibration isoltaion as well. - So , the...

And one more. The point of all this, ironically, is to get our 06HD ($$$$) to run as quietly as our 03HD($$). Probably should have bought the SSD option, but I acquired the 06 through Olives annual auction.

Marc -   Here are the shots of the 06HD interior. Also, there are drive 'converters' that take a 2.5" SSD or HD and make it compatible with a 3.5" HD mount/enclosure. Icy Box makes some nice ones.

Aha. I do have pictures. Will post this evening. Yes, the 2.5" disk should fit,some mounting points may be differnt but the overall mount should work.

From late January: (regarding audible hard drive hiss from the 06HD). The original thought was to downsize from the 2TB disk to a smaller SSD or HD. Marc: "Nice to hear that you think I'm an expert, but I don't. With Linux tools I have...

Hello Mike - Yes, if you could summarize your steps with both Win and XMBC, that would be useful. Question: with version 10.1 of XMBC, when it copies files, does it include the .flac extension? I am using a MAC, version 11.0 of XMBC and...

Hello Mike - when you get this all sorted out, will you post your final method and how it worked out? Could be useful for numerous people.