On 24 November 2010 19:17, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the thing you are after is an old pc coupled with freenas. These
docks offer no protection to the drive, meaning the drive could easily be
damaged. A pc with freenas is the perfect solution. Failing that some
On 24 November 2010 10:02, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
You guys are the only techies I know...so i hope you will forgive the
Unubuntuness of this post!
Can someone recommend a hard drive dock which will take two hard drives? I
refer to the USB docks that you can stick an
thats great and exactly what i need!
Are there any docks that look a bit more prettier once the hard drives are
in?
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.comwrote:
On 24 November 2010 10:02, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
You guys are the only
On 24 November 2010 10:38, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
thats great and exactly what i need!
Are there any docks that look a bit more prettier once the hard drives are
in?
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Simon Greenwood
sfgreenw...@gmail.comwrote:
On 24 November 2010 10:02,
Here you go...
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=enq=dual+hard+drive+dockum=1ie=UTF-8cid=14421675910377248387ei=Tu7sTIarJZGEhQeGjry-Dgsa=Xoi=product_catalog_resultct=resultresnum=3ved=0CDEQ8wIwAg#
both are good products...but is there anything that would hide the actual
hds once they have been pushed into the dock?
some sort of enclosure perhaps...
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, James Thomas selin...@googlemail.comwrote:
Here you go...
something like this?
http://snurl.com/1ikix7
Matt
On 24 November 2010 09:06, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
both are good products...but is there anything that would hide the actual
hds once they have been pushed into the dock?
some sort of enclosure perhaps...
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010
lol something slightly different would be nice..but im not fussy
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Matt Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com wrote:
something like this?
http://snurl.com/1ikix7
Matt
On 24 November 2010 09:06, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
both are good products...but is
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
both are good products...but is there anything that would hide the actual
hds once they have been pushed into the dock?
some sort of enclosure perhaps...
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, James Thomas
its good apart from the power supply bit...
arent there any enclosures which dont use a power supply and still
pleasant!?
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk wrote:
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
both are good
On 24 November 2010 13:04, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
its good apart from the power supply bit...
arent there any enclosures which dont use a power supply and still
pleasant!?
Where do you expect the drive to get power from? USB bus isn't enough
to power a couple of desktop hard
so all hd docks use an external power source..that i didnt know!
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 24 November 2010 13:04, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
its good apart from the power supply bit...
arent there any enclosures which dont use a power
On 24 November 2010 13:32, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
so all hd docks use an external power source..that i didnt know!
In my experience you can *usually* power one hard drive from USB, but not
two.
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can anyone else confirm that?
maybe there is a device out there that might be able to.?
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.comwrote:
On 24 November 2010 13:32, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
so all hd docks use an external power source..that i didnt
I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can
boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no
mains power that can be attached to it.
Regards,
Andy.
On 24 November 2010 13:55, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
can anyone else confirm that?
maybe there
well this is what i want to do!
Buy a laptop.
reconnect my old hd's ( x2) to the laptop via the usb docks. Then using a
xbox360 downstairs stream my media downstairs through the docks!
If that makes sense.
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
well this is what i want to do!
Buy a laptop.
reconnect my old hd's ( x2) to the laptop via the usb docks. Then using a
xbox360 downstairs stream my media downstairs through the docks!
If that makes sense.
On Wed, Nov
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can
boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no
mains power that can be attached to it.
What size hard disk drive does it have in it?
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
well this is what i want to do!
Buy a laptop.
reconnect my old hd's ( x2) to the laptop via the usb docks. Then using a
xbox360 downstairs stream my media downstairs through the docks!
If that makes sense.
If you want
On 24 November 2010 15:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can
boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no
mains power that can be
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:13 +, Liam Proven wrote:
Docks are for when you want to constantly remove and replace the
disks. If they are meant to be permanently in use, put the drives into
external enclosures.
Indeed. We use them to shred disks before disposing of them. They're
best for
Well the idea is to use the laptop as a main comp..and when ineed to stream
my data connect it to my laptop and then stream the data across.obv I will
look into the low power alternatives you have mentioned too...
On 24 Nov 2010 15:13, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Well the idea is to use the laptop as a main comp..and when ineed to stream
my data connect it to my laptop and then stream the data across.obv I will
look into the low power alternatives you have mentioned too...
Sure, but
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Well the idea is to use the laptop as a main comp..and when ineed to
stream
my data connect it to my laptop and then stream the data across.obv I
will
I think the thing you are after is an old pc coupled with freenas. These
docks offer no protection to the drive, meaning the drive could easily be
damaged. A pc with freenas is the perfect solution. Failing that some
proper powered usb enclosures will work better. Also, I think it was Alan
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