Myth Box Resources and HD DVR Info?
by joel d
Hi,
I am re-working our TV to HDTV currently and trying to decide on a DVR.
Currently I use Charter's DVR and not impressed with their DVR layout/features.
Currently I am looking at either the DirectTV whole house DVR option
or building a Myth DVR box(s).
Not sure I want to bite off the Myth though due to needing 2 machines,
tuner card, and chunks of my time (vs turnkey for an "appliance").
I have read the docs at MythTV website but am asking current Myth users:
1) Others are running for Myth hardware (front and back end specs)
2) Any estimates on install startup hours and monthly maintenance hours.
3) Any tips for a quick & smooth Myth install in late 2011
My current plans include a video source of HD via satellite from Dish
or DirectTV and am leaning towards a Samsung 55" LCD/LED set.
I got the impression around three years ago that Myth was a "techie
time intensive" thing to setup and run.
I could be all wet on that impression or it may have changed.
Thank you,
Joel
6 years, 9 months
2nd hard drive problem
by Ken Jones
Thank you, Chuck. Lot's more information here. Suggestions?
[root@pacman mnt]# dmesg | grep hdb
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
hdb: WDC WD1600AAJB-00J3A0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: max request size: 512KiB
hdb: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63,
UDMA(66)
hdb: cache flushes supported
hdb: hdb1 hdb2
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb1, type ext3), uses xattr
EXT3-fs warning (device hdb2): ext3_update_dynamic_rev: updating to rev
1 because of new feature flag, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT3 FS on hdb2, internal journal
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb2, type ext3), uses xattr
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2): ext3_new_inode: reserved inode or inode >
inodes count - block_group = 0, inode=1
Aborting journal on device hdb2.
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2) in ext3_create: IO failure
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted
journal
EXT3-fs warning (device hdb2): ext3_clear_journal_err: Filesystem error
recorded from previous mount: IO failure
EXT3-fs warning (device hdb2): ext3_clear_journal_err: Marking fs in
need of filesystem check.
EXT3 FS on hdb2, internal journal
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb2, type ext3), uses xattr
EXT3 FS on hdb2, internal journal
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb2, type ext3), uses xattr
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2): ext3_new_inode: reserved inode or inode >
inodes count - block_group = 0, inode=2
Aborting journal on device hdb2.
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2) in ext3_create: IO failure
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted
journal
[root@pacman mnt]#
6 years, 11 months
More on my 2nd hard drive problem
by Ken Jones
The problem with your attempts to help may be
in that my Fedora is soooo old. It is Fedora 4. This
second disk has/had? Fedora 6, but it never worked
correctly.
Here is the result of grep'ng all of /var/log/dmesg
[root@pacman graphics]# more /var/log/dmesg | grep hdb
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
hdb: WDC WD1600AAJB-00J3A0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: max request size: 512KiB
hdb: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63,
UDMA(66)
hdb: cache flushes supported
hdb: hdb1 hdb2
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb1, type ext3), uses xattr
[root@pacman graphics]#
I do not understand what the above is saying.
----------------------
/var/log/messages has no references to hdb
[root@pacman graphics]# ls -l /var/log/messages
-rw------- 1 root root 16410 Sep 18 16:13 /var/log/messages
[root@pacman graphics]# more /var/log/messages | grep hdb
[root@pacman graphics]#
----------------------
smartonttools does not install.
[root@pacman graphics]# yum install smartmontools
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates-released
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates-released
[root@pacman graphics]#
----------------------
I tried...
[root@pacman graphics]# vgchange -a y
2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
----------------------
I do not want SELinux, It is just there. I'll try to eliminate it.
Ken
6 years, 11 months
Problem with second hard drive.
by Ken Jones
Here's what mount has to say:
[root@pacman kjones]# mount -l -t ext3
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) [/boot]
/dev/hdb1 on /mnt/HDB1 type ext3 (rw) [/boot]
/dev/hdb2 on /mnt/HDB2 type ext3 (rw) <====
[root@pacman kjones]#
---------------------------------
Here's what is in dmesg.
[root@pacman graphics]# ls -l /var/log/dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11691 Sep 15 22:26 /var/log/dmesg
[root@pacman graphics]# tail /var/log/dmesg
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: initialized (dev hdb1, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
Adding 524280k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01. Priority:-1 extents:1
across:524280k
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses
genfs_contexts
[root@pacman graphics]#
-----------------------
I have no idea what dmesg is talking about. The data seems to
match the 'mount' statement and yesterday's date, Sept 15th.
Thanks everyone!!
Ken
6 years, 11 months
Reminder: WLUG Meeting Tonight 7PM: IPv6
by Chuck Anderson
Sorry for the late reminder. Please join us tonight for a talk about
IPv6!
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 08:48:46AM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Our next WLUG meeting is Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 PM at the WPI
> campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall
> (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of
> the dining hall entrance.
>
> [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf
>
> This month, I'll be giving a talk on Internet Protocol Version 6,
> including basics of how it works, how to configure it on various
> systems, and various issues & benefits to using IPv6.
>
> After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza.
>
> See you all there,
> Chuck
> President, Worcester Linux Users' Group
6 years, 11 months
Problems getting a second hard drive fully functional.
by Ken Jones
I have added a 160G hbd to my system.
[root@pacman mnt]# fdisk /dev/hdb
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 14 19457 156183930 83 Linux
---------------------
As /dev/hdb2 it has 777 privileges.
[root@pacman dev]# ls -la /dev/hdb2
brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 3, 66 Sep 15 18:26 /dev/hdb2 <===
------------------
Mounted as /mnt/HDB2 it also shows 777 privileges.
[root@pacman mnt]# ls -l
total 146
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 30 22:04 150G
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 2006 cdrom
drwxrwxr-x 2 kjones kjones 4096 May 23 2006 fitch01
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 4 22:46 HDB
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Aug 26 23:25 HDB1
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Sep 15 21:25 HDB2 <===
------------------
But I can not make a ordinary directory on it.
What am I not doing?
[root@pacman mnt]# ls -la /mnt/HDB2
total 60
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Sep 15 21:25 .
drwxrwxrwx 22 root root 4096 Sep 7 22:37 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 49152 Sep 15 21:25 lost+found
[root@pacman mnt]# mkdir -m 777 /mnt/HDB2/PICTURES
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/HDB2/PICTURES': Read-only file
system
[root@pacman mnt]#
6 years, 11 months
Myth Box Resources and HD DVR Info?
by joel d
Thanks to all for the ideas and comments.
Not sure I will be happy spending time on a custom DVR and not sure I
will be happy with a canned solution.
I now have food for thought,
Joel
6 years, 11 months
Announce: WLUG Meeting 9/14 7PM: IPv6
by Chuck Anderson
Hi folks,
Our next WLUG meeting is Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 PM at the WPI
campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall
(building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of
the dining hall entrance.
[1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf
This month, I'll be giving a talk on Internet Protocol Version 6,
including basics of how it works, how to configure it on various
systems, and various issues & benefits to using IPv6.
After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza.
See you all there,
Chuck
President, Worcester Linux Users' Group
6 years, 11 months
Drive cage recommendations?
by John Stoffel
Guys,
I'm looking to add one or more of those 2x5.25" bay to 3x3.5" disk
cages to my main file server, which is a CoolerMaster Centurion 534
case, which has tabs in between each 5.25" bay to help hold things in
place. I thought about the 3x5.25 -> 4/5x3.5" expanders, but since I
have four free 5.25" slots, it makes more sense to use a pair of
2x5.25"->3x3.5" cages. Plus most of the larger expanders won't work
with tabs in the case.
Part of my criteria is: cost, quiet cooling fan, durability of sleds,
SATA III support, abitily to replace the cooling fan if it's too
loud.
So here's my top four choices. The IcyDock is the most expensive by
far. Not sure I'd go for it... sorta leaning towards the iStarUSA
models. The Norco has no reviews on newegg, so I'm leary of it.
iStarUSA BPN-DE230SS-BLACK 2 x 5.25" to 3 x 3.5" SAS/SATA Trayless
Hot-Swap Cage - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215240
iStarUSA BPU-230SATA-BPL 2x5.25" to 3x3.5" SAS/SATA 6.0 Gb/s Hot-Swap Cage - Lockable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121912
NORCO SS-300 3 Bay 3.5" SATA/SAS Hot Swap Rack Module
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133050
ICY DOCK MB453IPF-B 3 in 2 3.5' SATA I & II Hot-Swap Internal
Backplane Raid Cage Module
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994052
And a fall back model which should work just fine in my case, and
which is really cheap, but takes up three 5.25" bays to hold 4 drives
and isn't hot swappable...
COOLER MASTER STB-3T4-E3-GP 4-in-3 Device Module Hardisk Cage
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993002
Thanks,
John
6 years, 11 months
