[H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
I've got a machine with a screwed up Windows install on a striped RAID setup (four disks, ranging from 4.3GB to 80GB.) What's the best way to back this up to another drive so I can recover data after I reinstall Windows? Ghost shows it as four separate disks, but in a striped RAID isn't the data spread over all the disks? T
Re: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
At 09:35 AM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: I've got a machine with a screwed up Windows install on a striped RAID setup (four disks, ranging from 4.3GB to 80GB.) What's the best way to back this up to another drive so I can recover data after I reinstall Windows? Ghost shows it as four separate disks, but in a striped RAID isn't the data spread over all the disks? What version of Ghost? Are you booting to a floppy? Apparently the raid drivers aren't being loaded otherwise ghost should see one big disk so you probably aren't loading ghost via Windows. Have you tried running Ghost from a BartPe or XpPe disk to see if that ghost can see only one big disk? --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
At 12:26 PM 19/04/2006, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 09:35 AM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: I've got a machine with a screwed up Windows install on a striped RAID setup (four disks, ranging from 4.3GB to 80GB.) What's the best way to back this up to another drive so I can recover data after I reinstall Windows? Ghost shows it as four separate disks, but in a striped RAID isn't the data spread over all the disks? What version of Ghost? Are you booting to a floppy? Apparently the raid drivers aren't being loaded otherwise ghost should see one big disk so you probably aren't loading ghost via Windows. Have you tried running Ghost from a BartPe or XpPe disk to see if that ghost can see only one big disk? Thanks. I have no idea why I didn't think of that, but I appreciate you not suffixing your comments with you moron. :) T
Re: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
At 12:26 PM 19/04/2006, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 09:35 AM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: I've got a machine with a screwed up Windows install on a striped RAID setup (four disks, ranging from 4.3GB to 80GB.) What's the best way to back this up to another drive so I can recover data after I reinstall Windows? Ghost shows it as four separate disks, but in a striped RAID isn't the data spread over all the disks? What version of Ghost? Are you booting to a floppy? Apparently the raid drivers aren't being loaded otherwise ghost should see one big disk so you probably aren't loading ghost via Windows. Have you tried running Ghost from a BartPe or XpPe disk to see if that ghost can see only one big disk? Follow up question. Windows shows the RAIDed drives as four separate drives, each the size of the physical drive. Acronis shows them as five separate Promise 1+0 Stripe/RAID 0 - I've never used RAID 0 - is it reasonable to assume that the drives are striped, but that there is a C: drive that has the Windows and programs on it, and then a D, E, and F that have data? If this is the case, and all I want to do is reformat the drive holding Windows and reinstall Windows, then I assume I just have to figure out which of the drives holds Windows and make a backup of that drive (in case there is data on it.) Am I right? T
[H] OT: VS 2005 Express editions are free forever!
I know that some here are dabbling in Visual Studio. Now the Express editions are free forever. Here is a link to a MS blog telling the news: http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2006/04/19/579109.aspx Here's the official press release: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-19VSExpressFreePR.msp x Bobby
Re: [H] OT: VS 2005 Express editions are free forever!
At 02:26 PM 19/04/2006, Bobby Heid wrote: I know that some here are dabbling in Visual Studio. Now the Express editions are free forever. Well that sounds pretty cool. What do I lose by using an Express version? T
Re: [H] OT: VS 2005 Express editions are free forever!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx They're not as feature complete, though most of the missing stuff is targeted at enterprises / team development. Some highlights: - no integrated support for source code control (ie. integration with Visual SourceSafe) - though you can still use an external client - No support for macros, add-ins or packages - Simplified interface Jamie On Wed, April 19, 2006 11:56 am, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 02:26 PM 19/04/2006, Bobby Heid wrote: I know that some here are dabbling in Visual Studio. Now the Express editions are free forever. Well that sounds pretty cool. What do I lose by using an Express version? T -- Jamie Furtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I aim to misbehave - Malcom Reynolds (Serenity movie) It's not safe... For them. - River Tam (Serenity movie)
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
woo it got to scan on the last day of the warranty, and it's being replaced (aka I'll probably get a new boxed one) woo! http://chryx.shacknet.nu/a8nsli.png muhahaha On 17 Apr 2006, at 08:17:590, James Boswell wrote: For once, the built in obsolescence clock was fast, and it's died three days BEFORE the warranty runs out rather than three days after.. and by died, I mean it's totally dead, everything that was on it works, but the board just doesn't want to know, doesn't even tell the psu to power on. However, being easter weekend, I can't talk to the supplier until tomorrow to get a swap-out arranged, leaving me with no Oblivion until further notice :( the good news is that I'll finally get around to sorting out my Aperture library :) -_-_ James Boswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -_-_ James Boswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
At 01:23 PM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Follow up question. Windows shows the RAIDed drives as four separate drives, each the size of the physical drive. Acronis shows them as five separate Promise 1+0 Stripe/RAID 0 - I've never used RAID 0 - is it reasonable to assume that the drives are striped, but that there is a C: drive that has the Windows and programs on it, and then a D, E, and F that have data? If this is the case, and all I want to do is reformat the drive holding Windows and reinstall Windows, then I assume I just have to figure out which of the drives holds Windows and make a backup of that drive (in case there is data on it.) Am I right? You should find out all you need to know by going to the Promise Properties in the DM. My Windows Explorer shows striped drives as one drive I have to look at the SIL properties to tell that they are 2 separate drives. If is not the case for you then I'd say the Promise Raid Arrays were never setup especially since you state the 4 separate drives that shows up in Windows [Explorer or DM] is the same physical size as the drives. I also have a NVraid that I've never setup an array on yet have individual SATA drives off of it which sounds to me like what you have except maybe your drives are PATA which shouldn't make any difference. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
At 03:21 PM 4/19/2006, James Boswell typed: it got to scan on the last day of the warranty, and it's being replaced (aka I'll probably get a new boxed one) You lucky stiff. If it were me I would've missed it by an hour or something else silly. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 03:21 PM 4/19/2006, James Boswell typed: it got to scan on the last day of the warranty, and it's being replaced (aka I'll probably get a new boxed one) You lucky stiff. If it were me I would've missed it by an hour or something else silly. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
At 04:54 PM 19/04/2006, joeuser wrote: Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. Heh heh. Good point. I'm rid of all my Abits, thank god, and I hope never to have another. T
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
At 03:54 PM 4/19/2006, joeuser typed: Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. True enough as I've stated previously, I've never had any good luck with mombos that are state of the art if it's from AS(hit)us. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
[H] HTPC help
I'm building an HTPC with an older shuttle mini system. I have it connected to my TV via an S-video cable. The BIOS post screen and the welcome screen look okay on the TV. However, once I'm in windows the quality isn't great. The wallpaper looks washed out and the text is kind of blurry. Is there something I'm missing that I can do to make this look better? If it looks that bad now I'd never want to play a video from it to my TV. Any info would be great. I've read up on some various websites and I've gotten a lot of information but nothing on troubleshooting text quality. Thanks, Chris
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
- Original Message - From: joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :( Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. They do not always send the same component back. Sometimes you get a pull instead. Either way, I hate to have to return anything. Chuck
Re: [H] OT: VS 2005 Express editions are free forever!
ooo Free utter and complete crap! /flamebait On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:26:56PM -0400, Bobby Heid wrote: I know that some here are dabbling in Visual Studio. Now the Express editions are free forever. Here is a link to a MS blog telling the news: http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2006/04/19/579109.aspx Here's the official press release: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-19VSExpressFreePR.msp x Bobby -- Bryan G. Seitz
Re: [H] HTPC help
At 03:34 PM 4/19/2006, you wrote: I'm building an HTPC with an older shuttle mini system. I have it connected to my TV via an S-video cable. The BIOS post screen and the welcome screen look okay on the TV. However, once I'm in windows the quality isn't great. The wallpaper looks washed out and the text is kind of blurry. Is there something I'm missing that I can do to make this look better? If it looks that bad now I'd never want to play a video from it to my TV. Any info would be great. I've read up on some various websites and I've gotten a lot of information but nothing on troubleshooting text quality. Thanks, Chris Hello Chris, Could you try dialing down the desktop resolution? It's ultimately resized before being sent out the S-vid port and back before I switched to 480i component outs, I noticed that resolution settings can have a significant impact on image quality. As far as text goes, I don't think you'll be able to get too far :( I never did, hence the reason for switching to component outs (via a 9800 Pro w/DVI-Component dongle). HTH -- JW
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
No I mean he will still get the same model. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :( Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. They do not always send the same component back. Sometimes you get a pull instead. Either way, I hate to have to return anything. Chuck -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
I should get a brand new one of the same model. at least, that's what they assured me over the phone, if I don't.. well, I know where they headquarter.. and I can probably get past their dogs ;) On 19 Apr 2006, at 21:54:250, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :( Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. They do not always send the same component back. Sometimes you get a pull instead. Either way, I hate to have to return anything. Chuck -_-_ James Boswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
I do advance replacements whenever I can. If I can't, I always leave a barely visible marker so I can see if I got the same exact item back. Greg - Original Message - From: joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :( Not sure how lucky he is, he's getting the same board back again. They do not always send the same component back. Sometimes you get a pull instead. Either way, I hate to have to return anything. Chuck
Re: [H] dead A8N-Sli Deluxe... :(
At 04:03 PM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Heh heh. Good point. I'm rid of all my Abits, thank god, and I hope never to have another. To each their own as I've never had a problem with an Abit mombo my wife is still using a KT7a without any problems but I listened to the nay sayers bought an AS(hit)us A7V333 rev 0 that has been nothing but trouble. Hmmm, if these are my only 2 choices I wonder which I'd choose. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
[H] DNS issues
I was unable to connect to the internet with one of my computers, (a new account with SBC) and their 2 bit 4100 modem. Anyway, moved the modem over to my main box and wham, was able to get right out. The tech suggested I had a DNS issues with that other computer. Where should I start my hunt? Thanks
Re: [H] DNS issues
What DNS server was being used? SBC (now ATT) is migrating to an anycast DNS setup, using two new DNS server IPs (68.94.156.1 and 68.94.157.1) across the entire networkand old IPs are slowly getting turned off. While it is unlikely that turned-down IPs would be sent out, it is possible that it happened somehow. A long shot, but possible. Greg - Original Message - From: rls [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: [H] DNS issues I was unable to connect to the internet with one of my computers, (a new account with SBC) and their 2 bit 4100 modem. Anyway, moved the modem over to my main box and wham, was able to get right out. The tech suggested I had a DNS issues with that other computer. Where should I start my hunt? Thanks
RE: [H] DNS issues
NO, the tech inferred that there was something wrong with my 1 computer, with the way it mis interpreted DNS info. Dunno, but my other computer was able to access the web from the modem so it seems as though something is not quite right, but, it doesn't seem to jumping out at me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:15 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] DNS issues What DNS server was being used? SBC (now ATT) is migrating to an anycast DNS setup, using two new DNS server IPs (68.94.156.1 and 68.94.157.1) across the entire networkand old IPs are slowly getting turned off. While it is unlikely that turned-down IPs would be sent out, it is possible that it happened somehow. A long shot, but possible. Greg - Original Message - From: rls [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: [H] DNS issues I was unable to connect to the internet with one of my computers, (a new account with SBC) and their 2 bit 4100 modem. Anyway, moved the modem over to my main box and wham, was able to get right out. The tech suggested I had a DNS issues with that other computer. Where should I start my hunt? Thanks
RE: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup
Don't know if it is an apples to oranges thing but: I have 8 drives on an LSI MegaRaid Controller. In order to set up the config I wanted - I created 4 striped sets of 2 (Raid 0), Then I paired 2 sets into a Raid 1. So I wound up with 2 raid arrays in an equivalent Raid 10 configuration. When bringing them into windows I created four logical drives on 1 array and 1 logical drive on the second array. Nothing at the windows level lets me see an individual drive. Now with Power Console Plus an raid management tool from LSI I can see the individual drives and the arrays. But this tool is for management of the drives in the array. No other software in my systems sees past the Arrays. The only real difference at the windows level, drive management under Windows shows my array with 1 logical drive as a Dynamic drive with a gold bar above it, the array that is broken up into 4 logical drives is shown as a basic drive just like the single drives normally found in a system. And just in case you are wondering why I configured this way - speed for the primary reason, and I am happy to say that this is a much more robust configuration than my previous Raid 5 config. Also the raid 10 is more redundant - the degree to which depends upon which drives decide to die first. But I have had this config for more than 6 months I am very happy with it. The only drawbacks are cost. In a R5 with 8 drives @160g each you would have roughly 960GB with R10 you wind up with 640GB. But since drives are only about @120 each it's not an absolute Killer. Anyway, it works for me. lol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington (S) Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:23 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Ghosting a striped RAID setup At 12:26 PM 19/04/2006, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 09:35 AM 4/19/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: I've got a machine with a screwed up Windows install on a striped RAID setup (four disks, ranging from 4.3GB to 80GB.) What's the best way to back this up to another drive so I can recover data after I reinstall Windows? Ghost shows it as four separate disks, but in a striped RAID isn't the data spread over all the disks? What version of Ghost? Are you booting to a floppy? Apparently the raid drivers aren't being loaded otherwise ghost should see one big disk so you probably aren't loading ghost via Windows. Have you tried running Ghost from a BartPe or XpPe disk to see if that ghost can see only one big disk? Follow up question. Windows shows the RAIDed drives as four separate drives, each the size of the physical drive. Acronis shows them as five separate Promise 1+0 Stripe/RAID 0 - I've never used RAID 0 - is it reasonable to assume that the drives are striped, but that there is a C: drive that has the Windows and programs on it, and then a D, E, and F that have data? If this is the case, and all I want to do is reformat the drive holding Windows and reinstall Windows, then I assume I just have to figure out which of the drives holds Windows and make a backup of that drive (in case there is data on it.) Am I right? T
