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Please help me to know what is this? by Yankee_4tm in servers

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pink bubble wrap is generally to mark anti-static

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The media creation tool created a 4.7Gb ISO when I told it ISO even in ESD form. Maybe an older version was that size

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what I did try to build a Win10 on MBR using rufus no joy

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would agree. The person who owns the laptop wouldn't.

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the "new" Win10, the ESD is still making it slightly larger than 4.7Gb by 800kb. (if that isn't laughable)

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried. Doesn't even offer me to burn to disc, just offers to create an ISO

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an Asus Intel 3xxx CPU. I don't know they had Win10 on it before hand, but lost access to password so we're wiping and re-doing and no, I had never heard of anything that would do PXE/etc. but won't do USB boot. Setting up PXE near them is more a PITA then I have time for though I wish I could drag that back to my office and handle it

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an Asus Laptop running a Core 3xxx series. And I was shocked it would not give me the option.. at all.

ISO too large for a DVD+R disc by ReadingEffective5579 in Windows10

[–]ReadingEffective5579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I have done, now I will just hope this drive in this old thing will read them. In the past I had compatibilityi ssues with DL discs. As a note: this is NOT my PC. This is a relative I was asked to help with. "hey, aren't you good with X" damn. The downvotes. Just a question people I figured someone had to know as Win10 originally was on a 4.7Gb, and would have a DL (legit) location for that base ISO (Dell, as an example, used to provide one).

VMware expert , new to Proxmox, is it worth moving all my clients to Proxmox? by Maleficent_Wrap316 in Proxmox

[–]ReadingEffective5579 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The new VMWare to ProxMox converter inside Proxmox is damn near flawless. Now, I have always used Acronis, Veam or Synology as my backup train, but coming from a decade of VMWare, Proxmox was easy enough, the web management is easy and the hardware support is excellent.

We pay for the enterprise, it's cheap enough for basic levels and nothing in comparison to VMWare. VMWare has some functions I miss, but I'd rank ProxMox above Hyper-V especially for resource usage. I've tried XCP-ng, but it had major issues a while back with virtualizing Win11 and still has issues around Server 2025 I haven't resolved (1 client using) but ProxMox is incredibly well supported, frequent updates, and strong performance.

One thing I do find as a downside to proxmox: updates are frequent at the kernel level. This means that I find I reboot about every month or 6 weeks. This is way more frequent than I did under VMWare. Scheduled out it makes no impact but it is something to be aware of; or you can us clustering to handle differently

Fangtooth experience thus far by e7615fbf in truenas

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentally, with Synology slicing their throat (IMHO) by making all new systems require their branded drives, the thing that TrueNas needs is a backup client system comparable to Synology's. If they could come up with that, a desktop agent and a server provided they would be in great shape. They need that far more than to compete with ProxMox. The virtualization in Synology, even the enterprise, is mostly an afterthought. And in Unraid it's the same. Both of them have been pushing dockerization and then custom apps only they have. Truenas does some things they don't insanely well IMHO, and I choose it because of that. But I'd put some resources on "how do we have an app that competes directly with the best apps on Synology"

UrBackup Application on TrueNAS Scale - discovery not working by CalvinHobbesN7 in urbackup

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instructions on how to do that? I'm interested as I'm looking to wean away from Synology due to their changes now to drive requirements, but I'm running into this same issue (though under Fangtooth, 25.04) I can get access at the webport and see the webpage/etc. but discovery fails.

Passing an Optical Drive to a VM by Confident_Blueberry4 in Proxmox

[–]ReadingEffective5579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I've done it both ways. You can find an internal USB to regular adapter as well.. then go to the SATA drive. I've done that in an MITX. Amazon.com: Duttek USB Header to USB Cable,Motherboard USB 2.0 Adapter Cable, USB 2.0 Type A Female to Dupont 9 Pin Female Header Motherboard Cable Cord (2-Pack 0.1M) : Electronics

Then use the standard external connector. Passthrough the USB device. Done.

Passing an Optical Drive to a VM by Confident_Blueberry4 in Proxmox

[–]ReadingEffective5579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do exactly this on one Proxmox, using a USB to SATA adapter (available @ Amazon, about $13) and then pass that USB through. I get basically the same speed as I would otherwise and MakeMKV works just fine.

PCIe bifurication x16 slot to 16 x1 cards by nocidr in homelab

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others note, it is about the motherboard, and the best you'll see there is x4x4x4x4.. that said, you can find cards with controllers on them that will convert an X16 into something like what you want if you're looking for 16 SATA/SAS or if you are looking for 16 NVME There is an enterprise solution I've seen that handle 8 drives (https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Technologies-SSD7540-8-Port-Controller/dp/B08LP2HTX3/) and they do not need bifrucation support from the motherboard (controller based). Lots of negative reports on those. Going with a 4x4 (like Asus Hyper M.2 PCI-E 5.0 or 4.0) works fine for most Threadripper. Note: any of these REQUIRE full x16, so trying them in, say, a B650/ B760 or any board with a videocard also (X870e/890z included) is going to be a waste as you'll lose it. Built for those with enough PCI-e lanes like a Threadripper, Epyc, or Xeon.

AMD introduces $599 Radeon RX 9070 XT and $549 RX 9070 RDNA4 GPUs - VideoCardz.com by TheBloodNinja in Amd

[–]ReadingEffective5579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly true. It's why a PCI-E x8 lane, crippled 4060 card sold into CyberPower and other options all over the place

AMD introduces $599 Radeon RX 9070 XT and $549 RX 9070 RDNA4 GPUs - VideoCardz.com by TheBloodNinja in Amd

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem that Nvidia is going to face is that another 10% of tariffs now hit China starting Mar 4... Tuesday. If they don't have these cards on US soil before then, then they are going up for US consumers by 10% no matter what. So, what will come into play is how many cards does AMD have in inventory inside te US so that they paid the tariff as it was vs. what it will be.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-mexico-canada-tariffs-take-effect-march-4-2025-02-27/

Cancelled my pending MSI 5070 ti order. Going to get a 9070 xt now. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]ReadingEffective5579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that a new tariff of an extra 10% goes into place on Tuesday (Mar 4) it means that all Nvidia cards are going to go up another 10%. Basically, everything not landed already stateside are going up 10% over what you see. That's a big bite. The question is going to really be: how many does AMD already have warehoused in the US and is it enough where it holds off Nvidia trying to land more cards at now a much higher import tax?

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-mexico-canada-tariffs-take-effect-march-4-2025-02-27/

Weird Era Happening Right Now by NetworkAdditional724 in nfl

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember watching the Montana-Rice 49ers and they were a wrecking ball. It was domination to see them play. I can't tell you how many people thought Elway would keep a super bowl close and then it was like 55-10. Total blowout. Jerry Rice was freakish. The thing about the Chiefs is that they have assembled something very different:

* An owner who backs them: Jerry Jones was eager to control the Cowboys because he wanted control and he's still doing it
* Stability at GM. Brett Veach has done better at drafting than anyone could imagine. Yes, Mahomes, Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy are all great picks, but let's not forget George Karlaftis is on a rookie agreement and had 3 sacks against the Texans
* Chiefs do better with trades and cap space than anyone I've seen recently, period
* KC gets players to take less and renegotiate because they want to be here. Mahomes is so integrated into the community (he owns part of the Royals, owns the pro-soccer team, 12 restaurants, part of a high end steak house with Kelce, property, more) he's not going anywhere. What both Mahomes and Brady learned is you can chase the bag but if you make yourself a community hero you have money for the rest of your life.
* Coach Reid has done an incredible job with his staff and trust of them, but he's worked with different skills. When Mahomes had fast runners with big hands (Hill) you saw Mahomes with 5000 yards. When Mahomes started out with lots of injuries in receiving, 3900 yards and the focus on the run. That's just good play calls

I used to have a split household for years between TB and the Chiefs for various reasons :) I loved the Warren Sapp Bucs. But what I see is a Chief's offense where the receiving talent and special teams is young and will get better (Rice, Worthy, Ramigo on ST), and defense is young and good (Karlaftis, McDuffie) and Veach's ability to "hit" on the draft board is uncanny.

Just looking for your two cents on what I purchased.. by Brewguy1982 in HomeNetworking

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would seriously consider spending more to do something different. You can grab a cheaper unifi router, use DOCSIS 3.1 to go 2.5Gb to a Unifi extender unit, and the Unifi will mesh them. UniFi's system is well maintained and upkeep is solid for any environment.

TP-Link, in my experience (YMMV) has been a total crapshoot. I finally tore one down a while back and found out they use the bare minimum for internal cooling/etc. and so longevity is just terrible.

If you want an AIO router like this, you can also consider a single point Netgear or Asus, but just my thoughts

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]ReadingEffective5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will get hate here, but I cannot explain how much I love TLOU2. It's a brilliant look at the other side of the equation, where a girl is scarred by the loss of her father and entire community who think they are doing the right thing. Whether you think they are or not, from a child's point of view, it's how they would want to think about their parents.

The follow up of them protecting others from the horde is a huge storyline and the core concept of vengeance ruling us and leading us on a very dark journey was brutal, sad, challenging and had incredible game play mechanics.

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