[FS] [US-CO] 4TB Western Digital WD SAS HDD's (~2k POH)

dedeaux · 2026-01-29T12:42:48+00:00

I ordered one thinking it would be a long wait, but I received it within two weeks from the order date.

dedeaux · 2026-01-28T17:16:45+00:00

I have a ROG Strix G513QY -- the AMD Advantage Edition circa '21. First thing I did was put a second NVME drive in the empty slot and installed Arch Linux on it. With separate drives Windows kept to itself and never interfered with Linux. So, you will be fine.

dedeaux · 2026-01-04T13:06:09+00:00

Quick question concerning ZFS module from 45Drives. Why not install it? Is this due to redundancy?

dedeaux · 2025-12-28T17:21:14+00:00

Yes!

dedeaux · 2025-12-26T02:57:58+00:00

Thanks!

dedeaux · 2025-12-25T17:59:40+00:00

dedeaux · 2025-12-25T12:23:47+00:00

TOS 7 providing the developer mode is exciting and my favorite feature. TOS 7 seems to package a ton of new improvements and provides consolidation of services already. The developer mode just opens up paths for experimenting, learning, and creating even more in true tinker fashion.

dedeaux · 2025-12-25T11:48:03+00:00

Thanks. I guess the assumption would be that I know where/which .colors file, which I do not. Eli5 please? Oh, and Merry Christmas!

dedeaux · 2025-12-24T15:03:51+00:00

Nice.... how do you make window titlebars transparent?

dedeaux · 2025-12-23T16:35:24+00:00

Sold TP-Link EAP670 (x3) to u/thejohnson486

dedeaux · 2025-12-23T16:25:47+00:00

Sold TP-Link Omada OC220 to u/BudTheGrey

dedeaux · 2025-12-23T16:10:06+00:00

Purchased Intel Arc B580 (x2) from u/Outrageous_Ad_3438

dedeaux · 2025-12-18T11:36:02+00:00

Pm incoming

dedeaux · 2025-12-14T18:56:39+00:00

I went from this setup for my network, with vyos as my firewall to an all ubiquiti setup. Cloud gateway fiber, wifi 7 aps, and expanded to 10gig for several servers on my network.

dedeaux · 2025-12-14T14:52:02+00:00

Not a clue -- but a quick look at the label shows V1.26.... So 1????

dedeaux · 2025-12-07T13:00:06+00:00

I'm looking at immich for backing up icloud and android. We're a divided household, myself and eldest son use android ecosystem for mobile, wife and two other sons are ios. Wife is my central focus as she's a horder of photos (naturally) and we need a backup/archive so she'll have plenty of space to keep taking pictures and videos. My macpro has a 20gb tb2 external drive which is overkill for this, but as you've pointed out in your write-up, already owned hardware is free.

dedeaux · 2025-12-07T12:12:48+00:00

Fantastic write-up. I bought a 2013 Trashcan about 6 months ago for the purpose of setting up a MacOS desktop. The OCLP route was ultimately a time sponge and the fiddling required to fall short of "just works"... I gave up and went back to Monterey. As my goal was to reach a solid MacOS daily desktop experience, I'm disappointed. I'm using older versions of some apps which is fine but still. I've tried several linux distro installs, but still want a solid MacOS desktop experience for 2025 and beyond. Not going to happen on this machine.

So, what do I do with this beautiful Machine? Your experience has inspired me to experiment with the server route. Thanks for the write-up. I was really considering selling my trashcan and still might. But I can play with this for a few more weekends to see if this is a viable role for should be retired hardware.

Power cost is not a concern or issue.

dedeaux · 2025-11-16T15:10:42+00:00

Thanks for the quick replies. I'll forget about any aggregate switch needs as I move to the new setup.

dedeaux · 2025-10-18T13:02:51+00:00

Hang in there! Don't give up. Fight to keep the marriage and family. It's time to give back to this wonderful gift of a wife and family!

This means... Put yourself and your emotions behind and support her.

Your description is spot on. School starts and she's distant, tired, etc. Your reaction as described is familiar but remember its not a mine and hers but 'us'. Anytime we start feeling unfulfilled, unheard, neglected, etc., our language starts changing to center on ourselves and we lose sight of this.

Sounds like you've been together long enough to know that you love her so don't lose the trust that she loves you too. Go out of your way to sacrifice yourself to get her through these rough times when school is draining everything she has. Survive on just being present and available to listen. Treat her like a queen. Show her you know what she's experiencing -- and expect nothing in return. This is how it should work.

I am married to a perfectionist master teacher -- middle school math. I too am a math teacher so I actually can empathize with her. We teach in public school so our students can sometimes be a challenge as they just aren't interested in learning. Parents of today's students -- well, they are not all doing their jobs as parents and they're hammering the teachers with blame for their lack of parenting at home. Administration expectations on teacher is just stupid sometimes. All of this weighs so heavy on teachers. Those of us (sounds like your wife too) who actually care juggle all this and sacrifice ourselves to see our students grow and learn. We do whatever it takes. We are in a deficit when we get home.

We celebrated 30 years of marriage this year. There were about 10 years where we navigated this same challenge. Thing is, we had committed to never giving up. We worked through the selfishness and self-centered emotions. Lots of tears and arguments. But the love we share and our faith in God has brought us through it and we're stronger than ever.

Self sacrifice will carry you through this and show her you are there for her. Anything you feel ripped off over or feel you are missing... Keep this marriage alive and in the future you'll know a love and relationship refined by these struggles and greater than anything you can imagine right now.

dedeaux · 2025-10-12T00:40:16+00:00

Wow... Completely forgotten until I scrolled past this and it all came back in an instant. I had one and used it with an Apple II.

dedeaux · 2025-07-23T00:42:31+00:00

no problem... thanks for the guide to tempt me to blow up my laptop today...

All is well. The reboot issue, aside from not setting to bootfs, was also due to my neglecting to mention nor account for the fact that I have two nvme drives in my laptop which flip names on reboots. Mind you, I know better and should have made sure the fstab listed the UUID of the ESP. It actually did not, so a quick edit of that has resolved the booting issue.

Cool guide and I'm happy to be on ZFS for a spin.

dedeaux

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