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Removing a drive from unRAID, the easy way

Removing a drive from unRAID, the easy way

There are many reasons to like unRAID, one of them is it’s ability to easily add drives of mismatched size as and when they become available to you. I had followed this principle over the years and ended up with a hodge-podge of drives. As was my want I’ve decided to remove all 6 (yes 6) drives at o...

18th Nov 2013 - IronicBadger
How to setup Sabnzbd, Sickbeard, Couchpotato and more on Arch

How to setup Sabnzbd, Sickbeard, Couchpotato and more on Arch

I’m assuming you’ve got a working install, if you havn’t get one and make sure to install and setup yaourt as we’re going to need it.

I’m going to make all the apps run as root, some people don’t like this but as my machine is a VM there’s only so much damage it can do!

Installing Sabnzbd

Grab...

17th Nov 2013 - IronicBadger
Xen 4.3, Windows 8 with VGA Passthrough on Arch Linux

Xen 4.3, Windows 8 with VGA Passthrough on Arch Linux

As I write today’s post I am feeling very pleased with the setup as it stands. The aim of this post is to detail the steps required to setup Windows 8 as a VM for Xen 4.3 on Arch Linux, with working GPU on reboot.

To recap quickly my summer project, which I embarked upon some 4 weeks ago, has be...

12th Sep 2013 - IronicBadger
Install Ubuntu Server 13.04 and compile a custom kernel ready for Xen

Install Ubuntu Server 13.04 and compile a custom kernel ready for Xen

As part of my quest to find the ultimate unRAID setup for my needs I stumbled across an interesting post on the Lime Technology forum about Xen and virtualisation. The aim of this post is to take you through the steps of installing Ubuntu Server 13.04, compiling yourself a Xen compatible kernel with...

10th Aug 2013 - IronicBadger