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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
No - it is not WIndows XP chunk size - it is the arrays chunk size. ie. - One drive takes 64k, before the alternate drive gets the next 64k size, before swapping back to the first drive - back forth back forth - it's RAID 0. 16k chunks works better for many smaller file types, but what I use RAID for in the first place is for large files (Up to 150 GB files) so a larger chunk size works more efficiently for this at the expense of some performance for smaller files.
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I understood well what you are saying.
Let me explain you better my idea.
I should have done this from my first post, but you do not read minds
, so, it is my fault.
My idea:
1- You have already a huge mess.
2- My best idea is to format the disks and start again.
3- If you decide to follow this path of action:
a) About the the arrays, try my solution: stick one disk to each array.
But if you need the combined capacity of two disk, the unique solution would be:
a.1) get new bigger disks to use them in separated arrays.
a.2) Get a third disk (ATA or SATA it is up to you) and use it as boot disk.
Try to use the others ones in a combined array as storage.
b) About the tweaking:
To tweak a OS is time consuming
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Switching to Ubuntu IMHO is the best choice.
I think you will resist this idea because you are used to Gentoo.
Let me tell you my experience with Ubuntu and the time required to finish a complete
tweaked installation.
Get the Ubuntu 6.06 DVD version (yes, DVD, you will need it; it is like 3.4Gb) --> time: depends of your connection speed.
Burn the DVD --> 8 minutes
Create the partitions --> 5 minutes
Install Ubuntu and to set user and pass --> 35 minutes
Now the tricky part:
Create your Root password: in the console write "sudo passwd"
Put your Ubuntu DVD in the drive and the Package Manager will pop up.
Install from the DVD, using the Package Manager (some of this packages are not in the CD version)
- gcc
- build-essential
- libnl1-pre6
- libnm-util0
- dhcdbd (>= 1.10-Oubuntu2)
Enable all the repositories --> System-Administration-Synaptic Package Manager-Settings-Repositories
Go to the links of AUTOMATIX and read about how to install.
You will get a Linux system able to play all kind of media files, able to rip DVDs, music CDs, and so go on.
Also you will get NVIDIA driver, Acrobat Reader, Java, Real Player, Flash Player, and a lot of stuff more.
All this installed automatically (without any user configuration) in less than 2 hours.
EDIT:
If you choose to do the above explained, please, do not mix chunk's sizes again. :p
Do not forget to create a FAT32 partition for file exchange.