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From: Art on 27 Aug 2006 21:43 On 28 Aug 2006 00:55:53 GMT, Mike Dee <mikedee(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >None of the mobile racks we've purchased have required the key to turn >on the hard drive. It has only been used to lock the tray in place when >moving computers etc. > >Recently a friend purchased some racks and told me that he had to use >the key to access the drive. This was news to me at the time. Not all >racks are the same obviously. These are usually called "hot switchable". You turn the DC power on/off with the keylock switch. As a EE, I've never been comfortable with the idea, but I have switched mine on while in Windows, etc., and in other situations like after a DOS boot. But normally, I only turn mine on/off when power is shut down to the machine, just to be on the safe side. Art http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 23:44 Mark Warner wrote: > mike wrote: >> "humphry" <humphry(a)i.com> wrote in >> news:44f0ed1c$0$8875$88260bb3(a)free.teranews.com: >>> of course you can.. that is a feature of kde.... >>> the taskbar is called "panel" in kde linux.. right click on it and you >>> will see the >>> Configure Panel option. Then you will see a window that has some small >>> rectangle buttons in a square formation.. this shows where you want to >>> place the >>> "taskbar". See screenshot >> >> Very nice, too. >> >> Of course, this is one of the things that drives me nutty about trying >> to use linux - it's all so nice if you can speak the language. >> >> What we get is a few fine chaps like you and Mark who answer specific >> questions - and there's not all tha many who do, in English at any >> rate, and you try it - (I just have), and you think, what a cracking >> OS, if only I could find out which one was the OS, and the >> instructions weren't written in Klingon. >> >> Oh well, we shall win, if we faint not ;-) > > Yes, getting the lingo can be difficult. One reason is that using Linux > gives you so many choices, and all those choices have different names. > > In very non-technical terms: > > "Linux" is the kernel -- the base layer that interacts with the > hardware. It is strictly command line. Everything is built on top of it. > This alone can be considered an operating system, though only a few > uber-geeks would find it useful. > > "KDE", "Gnome", "xFce", "Fluxbox", etc. are window managers -- they are > essentially the GUI interface and a set of included applications. > Windows-think prevents us from thinking of the kernel and the window > manager as being separate, but they are -- W2K, XP, and 2K3 are all > built on the Microsoft NT kernel. > > Then there are the applications. Some are essentially stand-alone, > others "depend" on other components found in KDE or Gnome or elsewhere. > Fortunately, the 'apt' and/or 'rpm' systems that are used to download > and install most applications are able to seamlessly find these > 'dependencies' and include them in the download and installation. > > A distribution (distro) is one iteration of a combination of the Linux > kernel, a window manager, and applications. When one talks about > PCLinuxOS, Red Hat, SimplyMEPIS, Ubuntu, or anything of that nature, one > is referring to a particular distro. > > Then there are the derivatives. There are a handful of what I would call > "base" distributions out there that others have customized. Debian has > produced the most derivatives, it appears, among them Ubuntu, Knoppix, > and Damn Small Linux. SimplyMEPIS recently went a step further and > switched from building on top of Debian to building on top of Ubuntu, > making it a Debian derivative, once removed. Other bases are Red Hat, > which has spawned Mandriva (which has spawned PCLinuxOS) and Fedora > Core. Slackware has a spawned Zenwalk. > > What you will find is that there is a great deal of similarity between > distros from a certain "family" -- working with and in the Debian based > distros is in many cases identical from one to another. I personally > have been able to utilize tips and tricks from say Ubuntu in > SimplyMEPIS. No doubt the same can be said about Mandriva and PCLinuxOS. > > HTH. > Nice rundown, Mark. Thanx. -- Daze
From: John Fitzsimons on 28 Aug 2006 03:09 On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:12:31 GMT, Al Smith <invalid(a)address.com> wrote: < snip > >> Yes, exactly. I have a 160 GB HD as my second HD which is permanently >> mounted as the "D" drive, and a swappable tray which is my "C" drive. >> -- Mr Bill >That would make a lot of sense. I like the idea. Not such a good idea for "security" reasons. Also, having all your drive(s) as removable is a good idea if you go away on holiday and/ or want a quick/easy way to move everything to another computer. Regards, John. -- **************************************************** ,-._|\ (A.C.F FAQ) http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html / Oz \ John Fitzsimons - Melbourne, Australia. \_,--.x/ http://www.vicnet.net.au/~johnf/welcome.htm v http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/
From: raincoater on 28 Aug 2006 04:52 Hello, Mark Warner ! You wrote: > No. KDE is the window manager; e.g. the GUI interface and all the basic > programs and utilities that come with it. Gnome is the other big name. > > Knoppix is a live CD packge based on Debian that uses Gnome. Not so. Knoppix defaults to KDE.
From: humphry on 28 Aug 2006 07:47
My trays have small fans on them.... But I dont use trays anymore... "Roger Johansson" <roger4911(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1156703931.374114.48320(a)75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > Bill Turner wrote: > >> >I have not mounted the hard disks as usual. I'm too lazy for that. It >> >is easier to just place a new hd in the computer and connect it without >> >pushing it into a compartment often hindered by cables. > >> It would be interesting to see if your HDs are running hotter than >> usual. Without screwing them down, you lose a certain amount of heat >> dissipation through the mounting itself. > > There are both advantages and disadvantages with pushing the HD into a > compartment and screw it in a fixed position. The screws and the sheet > metal leads some heat away, but the compartment stops air from flowing > freely around it. > So maybe the advantage is balanced by the disadvantage. > > I have had my HDs unmounted like this for years and have experienced > only one HD going bad, it was very old and probably worn out. > > There are air streams around the hard disks because the power supply > fan blows air around inside the computer even without a cover. > > I have a friend who has 5-6 hard disks standing beside his computer, > with some space between them and with the contacts on top, and he > doesn't use a cover either, so he can easily move the contacts to the > HDs he wants to use for the moment. > > He has screwed them to a 6 inch long piece of sheet metal to keep them > in place, one screw for each HD. His HDs don't get much air stream at > all and it has worked fine for him for at least five years. HDs don't > get hot, by the way, I often handle them and have not felt much heat > when I touch them. > > The drawer type of HD tray is not so easy to change a HD in, the HD > needs to be connected to the contacts inside the tray, and the top lid > should be put on it again before pushing it into position. > > I have such a HD tray unit on a shelf here but it is too much work to > mount it and it is easier to just move contacts on free-standing HDs. > I don't even have a 5" compartment free, by the way, because I have two > CD-burner units. > > > -- > Roger J. > -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |