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| Posted by henry on Thursday, September 02, 2010 @ 12:51:46 CDT (0 reads) |
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I'm in the process of moving extents in a logical volume under LVM2 from a stopgap 1-drive raid array (long story) to a new 2-drive raid 1 array. What that means to you: the drive where all the pools website info is stored is reading data as fast as it can to move it to the new drive array. Thus, performance of the website might be a bit slow for the next few hours. All this is being done so the old drive can be freed up to add to the new array, providing a mirrored copy (again) in case we have drive problems. Odd, seems it happens every year. Last year, the Raid 1 configuration saved us, even though there were some tense moments running on one drive until the replacement for the failed one came in. This year, I have a spare 750GB drive on-site, just in case... ;-) |
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| Posted by henry on Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:20:10 CST (4 reads) |
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Progress! I took a step back, to make a leap forward... After a horrible experience upgrading Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 on the CarPC, I decided to scrap it all and go to LinuxICE... A distribution developed with the CarPC in mind. It took a few tries (over a few days) to get the install to work properly; turns out a properly-burned DVD is a must. ;) Then some issues with peripherals were apparently making the install crash; I believe it was the HD radio being attached but I won't open a bug report on it until I get an opportunity to test that theory further.
After getting the install completed, the final setup steps were simple, including calibrating the touchscreen. I'm now in the process of copying music and videos over; I will investigate the settings for the radio and HD radio controls next. I'll also have to customize the skin, couldn't have one without my Sylvia logo! I've noticed a few issues with some of the buttons in the skin as well, overlarge/misplaced confirmation buttons for hibernate/suspend/shutdown. Those aren't such a high priority as the CarPC should auto-hibernate when I turn off the ignition, but I'll put them on my to-do list anyways....
I also made a horrifying discovery a day or two ago; the space under the front seats is not nearly enough for the CarPC. That means I have to go back to the original idea of a trunk mount, and all the cooling problems that entails. I'm still hoping to have everything installed and running before the Jacksonville Open road trip that starts 9 April... :-D |
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| Posted by henry on Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 16:35:43 CST (3 reads) |
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| Posted by henry on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 07:11:45 CST (3 reads) |
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Awesome birthday yesterday! Uneventful day at work (mom says everybody's birthday should be a National holiday; I told Dad if I took everyone's birthday off I wouldn't get paid!), a nice little nap, and then the family drug me out to Target to buy my gift, a Blu-ray player. The 32" TV for the bedroom should be delivered today (my gift to myself), so I should be able to get it all hooked up and viewable this afternoon. After Target, we went by Best Buy, picked up a couple of Blu-ray movies, and then by Papa John's to pick up supper. We sat around in the living room, watched a movie and ate pizza and cake! Now that's my idea of a birthday party! |
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