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by zander
05 May 2013, 14:07
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: how to restore a backup?
Replies: 3
Views: 6566

how to restore a backup?

hi, i am new to backups. i have a backup disk that has the directories on it that i wanted to backup however there is nothing in the directories. when i setup the backup i specified a password to encrypt them. i used the web gui to create the backups. shouldn't i at least see some kind of file in th...
by zander
05 May 2013, 04:22
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: selectively recovering ~some~ files from a RAID...
Replies: 3
Views: 5986

Re: selectively recovering ~some~ files from a RAID...

hi, last week i tried to setup an automated weekly backup of the user directory and the storage directory using a third disk. somehow things went wrong and when i tried to login this week there was a report that "no more space was left on device"(sic) so i re-installed the system. the syst...
by zander
04 May 2013, 23:06
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: selectively recovering ~some~ files from a RAID...
Replies: 3
Views: 5986

selectively recovering ~some~ files from a RAID...

hi,

is it possible to selectively recover some files from a raid? specifically i would like to recover the contents of the /storage directory.

please advise.

thank you.
by zander
06 Feb 2013, 11:17
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: how to select .mp3 files for loading into fireplay?
Replies: 1
Views: 4285

how to select .mp3 files for loading into fireplay?

hi, i have mostly .ogg files on my bubba and would like to play only those. but i also have allot of .mp3 files too. somehow fireplay only detects and loads files it cannot play (not .mp3 files). is there a way for me to configure fireplay to only look say at my user's music directory instead of the...
by zander
04 Feb 2013, 10:32
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: setting up the nfs link in client linux computer... [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 4341

setting up the nfs link in client linux computer... [SOLVED]

hi, i am following the tutorial here... http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/NFS_installation_-_file_permissions_-_Windows_vs_Bubba_vs_Ubuntu all the stuff it says to do i am fine with. but i have forgot how to set up the link in my home directory on the client linux machine. it used to be a symbol...
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 14:55
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: should i change localhost ? [SOLVED]
Replies: 9
Views: 11950

Re: should i change localhost ? [SOLVED]

i am very pleased to have things under control with a sense of understanding it also. and indeed ...setting the router address to the same as the static ip address given for the server by my isp was unnesecarry and should not be done to get things working properly. the only issue now is that i canno...
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 11:52
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 8909

Re: RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]

the eSata was not plugged in! :lol:
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 10:25
Forum: Feedback
Topic: how do i mark a thread solved? [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 13993

Re: how do i mark a thread solved? [SOLVED]

thank you. :)
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 05:05
Forum: Feedback
Topic: how do i mark a thread solved? [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 13993

how do i mark a thread solved? [SOLVED]

hi,

how do i mark a thread solved please?

there you have it.

thank you.
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 05:01
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 8909

Re: RAID is not setting itself up...

can someone tell me where the raid setup script is please?

so i can take a look at it and see where the external drive is at least suppose to be mounted.


thank you.
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 04:52
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: should i change localhost ? [SOLVED]
Replies: 9
Views: 11950

Re: should i change localhost ?

and the answer is b2.localhost does not need to be changed!

it took some time for the dns update to propagate but all is good now. 8)

how do i mark a thread solved please?
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 04:21
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 8909

Re: RAID is not setting itself up...

hi, i ran root@blacksun:/# blkid -c /dev/null /dev/sda1: LABEL="Bubba root" UUID="043d3ef2-de20-4a39-9710-5c1cd83b6dd3" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sda2: UUID="wH4ytO-T0rk-Tzps-2fW7-0Yoo-gEyv-osvaWI" TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sda3: TYPE="swap" /dev/mapp...
by zander
11 Jan 2013, 03:01
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: should i change localhost ? [SOLVED]
Replies: 9
Views: 11950

Re: should i change localhost ?

hi, and thank you for those remarks. i have solved the issue of connecting to outside web sites on linux machines inside my network. it required a re-configuration of my WRT54GL router. so all my computers can now reach all websites outside. :) the issue now is does b2.localhost need to be changed t...
by zander
10 Jan 2013, 19:15
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 8909

RAID is not setting itself up...[SOLVED]

i have a b2, 1Tb and the external esata also 1TB attached.

when i click Create RAID array it returns No useable disk found.

there may be some stuff on the external disk.

how can i setup this external disk for raid?

please advise.

thank you.
by zander
10 Jan 2013, 17:32
Forum: B2 & B3 Support
Topic: should i change localhost ? [SOLVED]
Replies: 9
Views: 11950

Re: should i change localhost ?

hi gordon, thank you for staying with me on this one. i have the b2 configured as "Router+Firewall+Server". WAN setting is static ip address set according to what was given by my isp in 2010. LAN is set to use static ip address with DNS service and DHCP server showing "ON" (in we...