On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 01:15:02PM -0000, Mark Crutch wrote: > A few days ago there was a thread about freeing up some storage space > temporarily. One of the best suggestions I saw was to copy the larger > files to a second hard drive and set up a symlink to them. > > Unfortunately I can't do that, as I run MythTV on a SFF PC which doesn't > have space for a second drive. However, I wondered about doing the > following:- > > 1) Copy selected files to CD-R/W or DVD-R/W > 2) Zero the corresponding files on the hard drive > 3) Use the extra space over Christmas > 4) When there is sufficient space again, copy the files back, replacing > the zeroed versions > > Would this work? Will Myth ignore the fact that the files have changed, or > will it try to adjust the database accordingly? And if it does adjust > things, will it readjust them correctly when the full-size files are put > back? >
I don't believe it cares about the files (in fact it is annoyingly oblivious to the fact that when a recording failed, no file is there, doing nothing more than a diagnostic to the log file.) However, just because you are SFF doesn't mean you are limited from adding a temporary drive. USB 2.0 external drive enclosures can be found for $30 or so. They are more than adequate in speed for myth, in fact they are faster than ata-33.
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