tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post4829900118988267645..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: Kingdom of MediaGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-33928213730591944772007-12-22T10:39:00.000-08:002007-12-22T10:39:00.000-08:00If you have a PC running Linux you could mount the...<I>If you have a PC running Linux you could mount the drive to recover data</I><BR/><BR/>You seem to know a lot more about the linux kernel than I do. What I read in more than one place was that this is exactly what you can't. Hopefully it will be a very long time before I need to find out.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-83497763200412397402007-12-22T04:30:00.000-08:002007-12-22T04:30:00.000-08:00"The one potentially bad thing is that the OS is a..."The one potentially bad thing is that the OS is a stripped down Linux kernel that is proprietary to the media vault. "<BR/><BR/>The Linux kernel itself is not proprietary, it is completely open source. I'm sure the HP software running on top of it is proprietary though. <BR/><BR/>Also, as the anonymous poster mentioned it most likely uses a journalized file system like EXT3 or ReiserFS. If you have a PC running Linux you could mount the drive to recover data. If you're not running Linux there are tools to mount an ext3 filesystem under windows.<BR/><BR/>http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/Jason and Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731395305372774135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-79580489947216149992007-12-19T17:20:00.000-08:002007-12-19T17:20:00.000-08:00HA! HA!Yea, the lack of insight among those that a...HA! HA!<BR/><BR/>Yea, the lack of insight among those that are supposed to know can be astounding at times. <BR/><BR/>Another favorite was John Sculley, the Apple CEO back in the 80s, who once said that "no computer would ever need more than 10 megabytes of hard disk space"Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-21964882593762786382007-12-19T13:33:00.000-08:002007-12-19T13:33:00.000-08:00"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1...."Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."<BR/>- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 <BR/><BR/>"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."<BR/>- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 <BR/><BR/>"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."<BR/>- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 <BR/>You said, I have 250 gb on my main computer, and with the 300 gb on the NAS, it should hold me for a while. (Famous last words, right?)<BR/><BR/>I think you hit the nail on the head. Some famous last words relative to computing follow.<BR/><BR/>"But what ... is it good for?"<BR/>- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. <BR/><BR/>"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." <BR/>- Ken Olson, president, chairman & founder of Digital Equipment Co, 1977Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-71101874190549337442007-12-17T06:00:00.000-08:002007-12-17T06:00:00.000-08:00Don't let the linux OS trouble you, as it has abso...Don't let the linux OS trouble you, as it has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you can salvage data from another OS. <BR/><BR/>Since you're not using RAID (i think) all you have to worry about is the file system that is used by the device. And that's where you're in luck. While microsoft has actively sued companies trying to provide ntfs support, pretty much all linux file systems are open, or at least officially supported from every OS from windows, to unix, to linux, to Macintosh, etc.<BR/><BR/>Just check the specs, it probaby says the NAS uses ext3, reiserfs, or some other popular and fully transportable file system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-52175169004821457642007-12-16T17:17:00.000-08:002007-12-16T17:17:00.000-08:00Oh, and yes, the pull out door is in addition to t...Oh, and yes, the pull out door is in addition to the 300 gigs. HP makes 2 other models of this start start with large capacity.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-40828779082457630922007-12-16T17:16:00.000-08:002007-12-16T17:16:00.000-08:00I'm not sure if there is a limit to the size of th...I'm not sure if there is a limit to the size of the second HD. One use for it is that you can have RAID 1 backup system with a mirrored drive. Frankly, my stuff is not that important. I have 250 gb on my main computer, and with the 300 gb on the NAS, it should hold me for a while. (Famous last words, right?)<BR/><BR/>If I really needed the space I could have gotten a "Buffalo 1TB NAS" for just under a $1000. That is a bit much for me.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1930142720567503622007-12-16T16:27:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:27:00.000-08:00I liked "Kingdom of Heaven".I liked "Kingdom of Heaven".STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-33199539121199729382007-12-16T16:09:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:09:00.000-08:00"It does have 3 USP ports on it"Did you mean USB? ..."It does have 3 USP ports on it"<BR/><BR/>Did you mean USB? <BR/><BR/>300 gb is not a lot of storage these days. I assume the drawer is in addition to regular 300 gb, so at today's prices you could add 1 TB for about $200 extra. Makes this even more attractive. <BR/><BR/>Like the plug and play aspect of it however. Techie as I might be I don't have the patience to mess with hardware and software any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com