Posts by precipice

Quote: Originally Posted by boac Just format it through windows (ntfs), linux will be able to read it fine. True for newer Linux distros, but not possible on some older systems I work on where I can't install...

I was hoping the power might be a daughter board sub assembly so I can scavenge from the 3 boards I have to make a usable. The 3rd board has caps lock flashing and fails to boot further. It looks as though the power portion of mainboard...

I have two D600 motherboards that will not power up at all. The instant they are plugged in to any of 3 known good working 90watt adapters I regularly use for other D600s, the Led on power adapter instantly goes out. The power adapters...

Yeah, but sometimes I have to support legacy systems with versions of Linux that do not support ntfs, so the point, in this case, is not so moot. There are some legacy post production systems that use older Linux kernels, and the system...

The application is a Real Time Audio analyzer that runs under windows (True Audio RTA). I understand that it will accept audio via USB connection. The machine I want to look has balanced analog audio or AES xlr outputs. The RME line...

Doe anyone have suggestions for best adapter to use to get either AES/EBU (110ohm), or TosLink digital audio into USB port on D820 laptop? Also, what is preferred adapter for getting analog audio into USB port on D820 Dell?

Quote: Originally Posted by precipice I only use VMWare when doing phone support from my laptop and when I want to look at our menus in our application without having to boot into Linux. Our actual applications are not...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade It makes me shudder to think of how slow your I/O is likely going in that(And thus likely your workflow) if you are doing post in a VM. I am guessing your employer runs the work...

Lately, since getting D820, I have been lazy and used VMWare "virtual appliances" with VMWare Player running under XP. I've run VMWare versions of Red Hat 3 and Suse 10. My employer uses both distros for some of our digital...

I have always used FAT32 for external drive if I want to access them from Linux and XP. I have a seperate NTFS partitions for XP. I only use NTFS if I am certain I don't want to view or modify files from Linux.