Officemax had a deal on a 300 Gigabyte Baracuda drive this week, so I grabbed one to replace my secondary drive on the Windows machine (which was a 160 GB Maxtor). Then, the 160 went into the MythTV box, to serve as a storage place for ripped DVDs or movies I record from TV but don’t want to erase for a while (if at all).
The default structure used by Knoppmyth is to make four partitions on the primary drive (hda), with the fourth being the /myth directory and using the vast majority of the space on the disk. With a 250 GB drive, I ended up with 160 GB used within six weeks of starting this project. So, I added the 160 GB drive as /myth/video and away we go.
New partition structure:
hda1 – / (user files and operating system)
hda2 – swap
hda3 – /cache (for live tv)
hda4 – /myth
hdb1 – /myth/video
And now I’ve got over forty gigs used of the hdb1 partition, and down to less than half used on the hda4 partition.
When I bought some blank CDs this week, I ended up with a free 128 MB USB thumbdrive. Anyone want it? What the heck will I do with this thing? I’ve already got three SD cards of varying capacity, an old CompactFlash microdrive (340 MB), and a spare 128 MB memory stick. Like I need more solid-state storage?
Have we gone completely down the rabbit hole now? The man who was shot (accidentally, yes) is apologizing to the man who shot him?
Someone (phbt!) recently pointed out that it has been more than two weeks since I posted, which is some sort of rare event. Gee, sorry I haven’t had any particularly stellar blinding insights lately that I had to share.
I’m still happy with the MythTV box, which now has about 180 programs stored on it. I’m planning to get another drive to use just for storing movies, which I have been acquiring from late-night TV regularly now. I also had to stop feeling so packrat-like. I was recording shows that I remember from my childhood, as if I suddenly acquired the ability and desire to watch 45 hours of television each day while still going to work and caring for the Boy.
I’ve added limits to most of my recordings, to make them stop recording more than X number of shows (X can vary from 3 to 10). Exceptions are, of course, the SciFi channel shows, which don’t auto-expire and don’t have storage limits. Yes, I am predictable.
I’m still slowly converting my VHS tapes to DVD. Unless I buy a different piece of furniture for my television, I won’t have room for a separate DVD player or VHS player again, anyway.
Work remains fun and exciting. The two women I work next to need slapping on a daily basis, but it beats being in the Army.
It was 85 on Thursday, and 35 on Friday. Just in time for the big Rodeo Parade.
Three weeks until Game Night.
I’ve got chocolate.
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