Another disk question (formatting)

Let me get right to the point: I have a Sun Ultra 60 workstation, and I want to format the only SCSI drive inside it so I can install Solaris 10.
In the OBP, I type boot cdrom -s to get to a command prompt. Then, I type format and am prompted to select my disk. After doing so, I type format once again to begin the formatting process. The result is as follows:Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted and takes 93 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is Fri Dec 23 01:33:21 2005
Formatting...
WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3 (glm0):
Disconnected tagged cmd(s) (1) timeout for Target 0.0My drive functions (as in, it spins up, and I can install Linux upon it). This is beginning to get frustrating... Someone please help before I rip the rest of my hair out.

There should be no need to format the drive. If the installation proceeds normally after your CD boots the machine - continue with the installation. Later on in the install, you will be prompted to partition your drive, etc. At that time, your drive may not be recognized or you may get an error message about
" incorrect labeling ", etc. At the prompt - type `format`.
You will be presented with a list of options - select
" label disk " and proceed with the simple instruction.
Reboot your machine and begin the installation again. Your disk should now be recognized and should get automatically formatted during the partitioning phase of the installation. .... John.

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Hi,
I've bought a 500GB Hard Disk which I'd like to use for editing.
The Hard Disk works fine and I can Log and Transfer small video files ok. The problem occurs when I want to capture large video files. These always seem to error. The same large video files work fine if I capture straight to my iMac's internal Hard Disk.
I think the problem occurs when the video is greater than 4GB. Could this be related to the Format type of the USB Hard Disk?
If so how should I re-format the drive to work with large video files? And how do I do this on a Mac?
Thanks,
Richard.

A USB drive will not cut it for video editing. You will get dropped frames, either when editing or capturing to it. USB transfers data in bursts, not a continuous stream as FireWire does. Wile it might not be happening right now, it will once you start filling it up, having multiple tracks in FCP, etc.
Your drive came preformatted for Windows, as do most of them. The FAT file structure used has an individual file size limit of 4GB.
To reformat as for the Mac OS, use Disk Utility (In the Applications/Utilities folder).
Open Disk Utility.
Select the drive in the column at left.
Click on Erase and choose Mac OS Extended, click the Erase button at bottom right to confirm.
This will of course, destroy all files currently on the drive. Back up first!
For best results, recapture your video again.

How do I move my home directory to another disk?

I want to find out the "standard procedure" for moving my home directory to another disk. My current system disk is getting quite full, so I have purchased additional storage. The issues I am concerned about are the following:
Preserving the file permissions
I have used rsync and ditto commands to copy the file. Does rsync preserve the permissions like the ditto command?
Updating the System to use the new home directory
I have used the Ctl-Click on the accounts control panel to update the location of the home directories. Do applications use "~<username>" or /Users/<username> to find the home directory of the user (obviously this is limited to Apple Controlled software).
Understanding the /Users and /home directories
Since Apple is no longer using netinfo, I wanted to get a better understanding how these directories are set up. Is the /home directory exclusively for network mounted home directories.
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I disagree with Linc Davis on whether to move the home folder, But I think you are going about it the wrong way.
Having a Boot drive with only System, Library, Applications, and the hidden unix directories including Paging/Swap on it is one of the best ways to speed up routine disk Access for all your other files. The system keeps "snacking" away loading and reloading bits and pieces of System and Applications as you work, and that System activity slows "regular" disk access way down by moving the drive heads away from the files you are processing.
Giving System files their own drive speeds up everything.
Here are two good recipes and discussions about how and why to do this, and how to make it happen without a single line of Terminal code:
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
http://jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/00E03B83-1ADA-406E-A940-396D39F598E A.html

Recording to another disk?

I'm moving from ProTools Free (OS 9) to GarageBand, and have a question.
What is the correct proceedure to get garageband to use another disk or partition to store audio files?
At present I'm doing a Save-As, and saving the song file to another disk, then using that icon to open the song.
David

Because usually your system disk is busy running the shop. You can get away with it for a while if your projects are small, but after a while, things will start to slow down, and audio may not always have top priority over system functions. Result - gliches. If you are a privateer, maybe no problem, but if you are doing it for a living, it would be almost suicidal.
Most professionals have been using a MacPro with several internal disks, system, audio, and maybe a couple of sample library disks. Lately with the advent of Thunderbolt, external disks are stating to be a more reasonable option, which has been bringing the iMacs and laptops more into play.Firewire is OK, but if you are running dozens of tracks with lots going on, as well as a firewire interface, things can start to bottle neck.
if you have the option of only one internal drive, make sure your extermal audio drive is AT LEAST firewire 400. 800 is much better, and eSATA or Thunderbolt is as good as an internal drive. USB2 is not a feasible option for external audio, unless you are only talking about half a dozen tracks, and you don't mind a bit of skittishness.
Hope this helps.

Moving iMovie projects to another disk

On my desktop, a warning box appeared telling me that the start-up disc is almost full.
Disk Utility confirms that on the 560 GB capacity disk, there is only 1 GB space available.
In iMovie on that same disk, there are several dozen movie projects.
I would like to move most of these projects to another disk in the MacPro (there are three other disks), but still want to work on the iMovie projects on the start-up disk.
Is there a way of storing the files on another disk, and still working on the projects on the start-up disk?
Thank you in advance, Isshi.

You can store Projects and/or Events on an external or secondary disk. The disk must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
For moving projects see this.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#move7d66613
For moving project assets (events, photos, music) see this.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6c7c9
For moving Events, see this.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6d42c

Automated Recovery Disks for hp laptop needed. Recovery disk partition formatted.

Is there a way you can reboot your hp laptop when the recovery disk is formatted? I have tried but it says boot manager missing, pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del dont work, trying to run os disks it says error after sometime. It is requesting for automated recovery disk which i dont have. Am in Kenya n a student. Is there a way out other than running the recovery disk?

When requesting assistance, please provide the complete model name and/or product number of the HP computer in question. HP/Compaq makes thousands of models of computers. Without this information it may be difficult or impossible to assist you in resolving your issue.
The above requested information can be found on the bottom of your computer or inside the battery compartment. Please do not include your serial number. Please enter the model/product information into HP's Online Consumer Support page and/or post it here for our review.
If the "Recovery Partition" has been formatted, there is no way to recover the computer without using HP Recovery Discs. Please contact HP support in your region / country or the region / country the computer was purchased in, via the HP Worldwide Support Portal, to see if HP Recovery Media is available for your computer.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
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My mac pro does not start up because then hard disk is formatted

My mac pro does not start up because then hard disk is formatted, How can install the operating system.
regards,
Tassew

Did you erase the hard drive yourself? If not, what exactly are you seeing, and what happened immediately prior to you starting to see it?
Your profile indicates that you are/were running Lion (Mac OS X 10.7.4) on a retina MacBook Pro, so you should be able to hold down command-R at startup to enter recovery mode, and you can reinstall the system from there. But whether or not you need to do something else first depends on your answers to the questions above.

How to move Tablespace from One disk group to another disk group in RAC

Hi All,
I have 11gR2 RAC env on Linux.
As ofnow I have problem with disk group. I have 3 disk group which is almost full - 98%. I have added one NEW disk group and want to move some of the Tablespace(TBS) from OLD disk group to NEW diskgroup and make some free space in OLD disk group.
Can any one suggest me how to move TBS from one disk group to another disk grup without shutting down the instance.
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user12039625 wrote:
Hi Helios,
Thanks for doc id but I am looking for noarchive mode solution. becaues I got ORA-
"ORA-01145: offline immediate disallowed unless media recovery enabled " when run alter database datafile '...' offline.
Hence I am trying something and findout below steps but not sure how useful it is:
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3- Rename the file to point to new location.
4- Recover the file.
5- Bring the file online.
I had move 240M TBS from OLE to NEW.
These steps run successfully so I think this is valid for noarchive mode.Hence want to confirm..so inform me please.
Thanks :)I have doubt in my mind:
1. You database is in noarchivelog mode
2. You're taking tablespace offline
3. Suppose you're moving a file of size 10GB(or any larger filesize) to another disk group
4. Now after moving the file, you're trying to bring the tablespace online............NOW
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if step 2 and 3 has taken significant time, then most probably you'll not be able to bring that tablespace online.
Regards,
S.K.

Moving Hyper-V VM to another disk

Hi all, I have read several forums about moving the Hyper-V VM to another disk but I still don't understand on the replication side. I have two physical server running Hyper-V and it's HA between each other with all VM running replication. I have install
a new disk on both plysical machine and both need to move all the VM to the new disk.
Please let me know if my steps are correct.
In this scenario, I have 2 hour downtime so I could power off all VMs:
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3) Copy it to the new disk.
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In another scenario let's say I don't have any downtime and just for my knowledge:
1) Pause all replication for all VMs.
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3) Copy it to the new disk.
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8) Copy it to the new disk location
9) Export the VMs from the new location
10) Power up the VMs
11) Failover the VMs
12) Delete the old vhd files at the old location
Qns 2: Will the failover work in this case after I have change the location of the other server ?

1) What Operating System are you running on the HyperV Server?
Win 2012
2) You are talking about HA, but I would assume that you don't have a cluster here. Right?
Yes no cluster here. HA means if one of my Hyper-V is down, the other VMs on the other Hyper-V would take over
3) You are talking about Replication, but I would assume that you don't mean HyperV Replica. Right?
But If you have HyperV Replica running you don't have to export / delete / copy / import /etc. your VMs. This is all done by HyperV replica...
I don't understand this part. You mean Hyper-V Replica could help me to move the vmhd to another disk ?

I have Lightroom 4 purchased in disk download format. I am considering purchasing a MacBook Pro but this doesn't have a CDRom. Can I use the serial code to download on to MacBook via the internet? I have only used the disks once for my iMac.

I have Lightroom 4 purchased in disk download format. I am considering purchasing a MacBook Pro but this doesn't have a CDRom. Can I use the serial code to download on to MacBook via the internet? I have only used the disks once for my iMac.

you need a lr serial for mac. the serial number for pc and mac are different.
you can download a trial lr 4 for your mac but you need a mac serial number to install.
Downloadable installation files available:
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Photoshop Elements: 13 |12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7
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Moving Ircat and Irdata to another disk

Hi,
I tried to move the catalog of my 250'000 pictures (lightroom 4.1 - Win7) to another Disk than C:/ (which is quite full) but in the catalog preferencies, it is only possible to view the path ant the location of this catalog. As I manually tried to move the all the "Lightroom" folder (including .Irdata Previews and .Ircat files) I had a blank Lightroom at the next start up. I think that the link was therefore broken. How can I have the catalog on a more capacitive HD than in the default C:/ ?
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Remy

Move the catalog file and associated subfolders/files in your operating system, and then in your operating system double-click on the catalog file
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Exiting RS_TREE_LIST_DISPLAY to Another LIST-PROCESSING Format

Hi Experts,
I'd like to ask if you have any idea how to exit from the callback_user_command of the FM RS_TREE_LIST_DISPLAY, to call another list-display format?
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Another newb question: multiple virtual servers

Hi, I have yet another ignorant question. I have several unrelated web projects that I am working on, and I would like to be able to set up a virtual server for each one for testing purposes, such as: http://project1, http://project2, http://project3. Can someone tell me if this is doable, and if there are any tutorials/resources on this for someone who has 0 experience running a web serer? Sorry for being so ignorant!

Yes, it is doable.
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If you have one IP, and want to set them up by name (ex. http://project1, http://project2, http://project3) you can do so easily with this type of configuration:
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<virtual-server>
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b) which virtual server serves the request depends on the $HOST request header send by the client. Sun Web Server does the matching for you. It will match $HOST vs. the virtual server's host attribute. Depending on which site you connect to the right virtual server will be used.
c) if the $HOST request header does not match any of the virtual servers, then the default virtual server defined in the HTTP listener will be used.
To create a virtual server, use the Admin GUI, access the configuration, and then add new virtual server. Or use the following CLI command.
wadm> create-virtual-server --config=myconfig --http-listener-name=http-listener-1 --document-root=/www/docs/myserver.com --host-pattern=myserver.com --log-file=../logs/myserver.com-error_logs myserverHost pattern will be used for matching. Some of this elements might be optional.
Hope that helps. And keep the questions coming :D
Edit: Also check the documentation
Using Virtual Servers in SJS Web Server 7.0

How do I do this: "This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk?"

"This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."

Stick the disk in, reboot holding c.
Disk Utility is a menu option about the 2 or 3rd screen in the installer. (don't install OS X!)
Because your booted form the installer disk, you can repair the disk.
Quit and exit the installer and reboot.
If your drive is not repaired, make a note of all what it says, for Apple to use.
Reboot and get your files off to a external drive,
Take the note and your comptuer to Apple for a warranty/Apple care call, they will replace the drive.

Steps to migrate database backup location to another disk ?

As the database is getting bigger and bigger, the existing disk for backup runs out of space.
We intend to replace it with another disk.
Just would like to seek your advice
1) Do we need to stop SQL Server when we change the backup location ? Most likely NO
2) Should we change the backup location in Database Maintenance Plan before copying BAK / TRN files across disks ?
3) Can I use the following command for copying files across disks ?
ECHO OFF
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb964719(v=sql.105).aspx
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