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hujuice
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: which kind of disk for a light system? |
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In front of my sofa, instead of the popular tv, I've a computer aimed to be a so-called "media center".
It is a totally recycled machine, from old parts, except the screen and a little hi-fi amplifier/speaker system.
I've there a very slow and noisy and oversized IDE disk and I could be very happy to find a cheap solution to substitute it.
Consider this:
| Code: | $ df -h
File system Dim. Usati Dispon. Uso% Montato su
rootfs 5,1G 289M 4,8G 6% /
/dev/root 5,1G 289M 4,8G 6% /
rc-svcdir 1,0M 88K 936K 9% /lib64/rc/init.d
cgroup_root 10M 0 10M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 10M 224K 9,8M 3% /dev
shm 1005M 0 1005M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/media-usr1 8,0G 3,8G 4,3G 47% /usr
/dev/mapper/media-var1 1,0G 474M 551M 47% /var
none 1,0G 94M 931M 10% /var/tmp
none 512M 0 512M 0% /tmp
/dev/mapper/media-usrlocal1 512M 37M 476M 8% /usr/local
/dev/mapper/media-opt1 1,5G 189M 1,4G 13% /opt
/dev/mapper/media-home1 1,0G 535M 490M 53% /home
/dev/mapper/media-mass 12G 33M 12G 1% /mass
head:/usr/portage 15G 11G 4,6G 70% /usr/portage
head:/archivio 466G 315G 151G 68% /archivio |
So, I need 6-8 Gb.
What's the best?
I feel crazy to find or buy a huge SATA disk or an expensive SSD.
I'm oriented to a pocket flash-disk, but I dislike it, because the leaning out (how many *days* before I give it a kick?) and the slow writings.
Does somebody have other ideas?
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HUjuice
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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hujuice,
If you have another Linux system, root over NFS is good.
You put a copy of your HDD into a folder on on anther system and serve the kernel using tftp to the meda centre and mount root and everything else over NFS.
There is no need for a disk at all in the media centre. There is Gentoo diskless howto document.
I run a media server in the garage and a diskless and fanless media player under the TV.
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gorkypl
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You can consider a 8GB SD/CF card connected through an adapter to IDE interface, just try to tweak the system to avoid unnecessary R/W cycles (minimize swap, mount /tmp in RAM etc).
Also a 2.5" second-hand laptop disk could be a good alternative. |
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hujuice
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I like both ideas.
But (why I'm so stupid?  ) a diskless solution could be the best.
That's what I want. I light solution, easy to manage.
What's easier than a system where I can have access when the media-center is off?
I will run there.
Thanks a lot!
HUjuice
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NeddySeagoon
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hujuice,
As you say, access when the media centre is off is ideal. Unfortunately my host and client have different CPUs, so I need to build on the media centre system.
I can still ssh into it to do that.
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roarinelk
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NFSroot is a pain; I suggest you use iscsi instead.
The CF card idea is great: I have a similar kind of system which boots a
very stripped down Gentoo installation off a 4GB CF card, connected via a ide-to-CF adapter. |
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NeddySeagoon
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roarinelk,
NFS root over nfs version3 just works. Version 4 is proving to be a pain.
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