Disk with Multi-RAM-boot available for purchase

[esimms86]

Count me in. I may even spring for another XXHE PC.

Esau

[Dantana]

Hi Peter

  I like to re-confirm. Thanks

Daniel

[Stanray]

Prerequisites
When you want to apply all in the meant well-fashion, you will need a 2.5" hot-swap removable hard drive bay (people with the XXHighEnd PC as povided by Phasure will have that). This needs to connect to internal SATA, preferably SATA3.
Notice that you really don't need to build in the bay and that it can lay on top of the PC or anywhere else; If you can access it easily to remove the HDD from it (or insert it) then it is fine.
Please notice : When you arranged for some external enclosure that connects via eSata (which often is a connection at the back of the PC) it is up to you whether you can boot from that (connection). But, you can try in advance (put in a 2.5" OS disk and see whether you can make it boot from it).

For some, those who have some space behind their pc, a 2.5" SATA Removable Hard Drive Bay for a PC Expansion slot might do the trick, f.i.: http://www.startech.com/HDD/Mobile-Racks/25in-SATA-Removable-Hard-Drive-Bay-for-PC-Expansion-Slot~S25SLOTR

Stanley

[Scroobius]

Hi Peter - count me in

Cheers

Paul

[PeterSt]

Stanleyyyyyyy ...

Maybe I am wrong, but I recall that it is not the first time that you come up with something that at least to me is new.
But then I'm slow.

Now I have another strange hint, which nicely combines :
Turn around your PC - like I do. So in my case the back is at the front side. The only inconvenience is the power button (the boot button) which is now in the "back".

For visualisation see below. But what this is about is that (for me) just a tad too often I need to plug in (and out) the monitor cable, keyboard cable and mouse cable, while I by standard don't want to have them in (RDC controlled). But go figure - so many installes I perform (can't go over RDC).
Btw, on top you see my removable bay thingy, this disk sticking out.

Stanley, great find !
Peter


PS: Never mind all the wires - I used an existing photo.

[juanpmar]

Prerequisites
When you want to apply all in the meant well-fashion, you will need a 2.5" hot-swap removable hard drive bay (people with the XXHighEnd PC as povided by Phasure will have that). This needs to connect to internal SATA, preferably SATA3.
Notice that you really don't need to build in the bay and that it can lay on top of the PC or anywhere else; If you can access it easily to remove the HDD from it (or insert it) then it is fine.
Please notice : When you arranged for some external enclosure that connects via eSata (which often is a connection at the back of the PC) it is up to you whether you can boot from that (connection). But, you can try in advance (put in a 2.5" OS disk and see whether you can make it boot from it).

For some, those who have some space behind their pc, a 2.5" SATA Removable Hard Drive Bay for a PC Expansion slot might do the trick, f.i.: http://www.startech.com/HDD/Mobile-Racks/25in-SATA-Removable-Hard-Drive-Bay-for-PC-Expansion-Slot~S25SLOTR

Stanley

Good idea  Stanley, this will be an easier place to put it in my PC as it has the expansion slots in the upper side  

Juan

[Stanray]

Haha, well Peter, I'm a tidy type of a guy, so I'll stick to the back.

And, please put me on the list. Post.nl is ok for me.

Thanks,
Stanley

[Arjan]

Hi Peter,

Put me on the list as well. Yes, something new......

Short question: I currently do not have a videocard in the computer. It runs via rdc from the iPad. Will it be needed for the first startup with the new drive to have the videocard in again? Because rdc will not be possible out of the box? What do you think.

Regards, Arjan

[PeterSt]

Hi there Arjan,

At this moment the answer should be Yes - needed. But this is because nothing is capable of telling what to boot into if you don't want the default. This is also what's holding up XXHighEnd 2.03 because I try to make options for this (but is not so easy).

Example :
When the disk is shipped, it *has* to come with the BASE OSes in Normal OS Mode. Why ? because else D/A converters may not install automatically (that is, their drivers). Your NOS1a is an example of that. Now, automatic boot is into one of the RAM-OSes and tell that to boot into MinOS when the DAC is installed, does not help much (because the boot always takes the BASE OS to copy to RAM). So at some stage we *have* to denote which OS to boot into and this can not be done over RDC.

If I can get XXHighEnd to prepare for the next boot (which one to choose) then all is fine with RDC.
Obviously we also use this to try "the other" OS.

I hope it is clear !
Peter

[brunok]

I would like to ask SinterKlaas to be put on Peter's list, and for Amerigo to please choose the faster route (HoHoHo).

Thanks,
brunok

[PeterSt]

[arvind]

Hi Peter,

Count me in too. Have already sent you a PM on this subject.

Best regards,

Arvind

[PeterSt]

A short "update" :

I could not work on this the past two weeks because now first XXHighEnd 2.03 had to go out. Also there's the sort of disappointment about 10586 which I originally planned to be on the disk (to replace the 10565 which is on there now).

To be honest I am now waiting for people to judge 10586 in its real environment (MinOS) while so far there is none. Also not from myself because I didn't get around the required 11 hours (for me ! (RAM)) to install 10586. But I guess it needs to happen.

So be patient please as the disk *will* be there for sure.
Peter

[PeterSt]

A small update again  :

With the XXHighEnd-internal boot possibilities now (2.04) at hand, I can freely continue the testing without too much "pain".
I will make the XXHighEnd software now so that it can also update further boot data, so when the disks go out we will be able to "upgrade" to another OS.

About two weeks ago I tested with an SSD and while that works better (faster) than a HDD, it was too small (I didn't pay attention on how large (GB) it has to be).
Since a week now I have a larger one (240GB) and will test that soon. I expect it to be OK. It is only that the price will be 10 euros higher (the SSD is more expensive than the HDD I originally planned) but I think it is worth while :
- less risk on damage with transportation;
- less risk on damage with taking it out (an hdd might still spin and you need to know how to handle it to prevent damage);
- booting goes in 2 minutes full cycle instead of 3 minutes.

I now have a 100mbit upload link physically ready in the main office, and it will be functionally available the upcoming week. This means that the part about "installing a new live OS" will be ready soon as well, regarding the transport of it. But that too will need the support of software (XXHighEnd) so that it can "self install" and be obtained in the Boot Menu without too much hassle.

Peter

[hbrew]

I want to try this out too. Put me on the list -- following behind the others.