My opinion of flexRAID just dropped significantly. It expired and I was not planning on working on this today. I am still searching for instructions on how to upgrade. The link in the expiration message is little help. Thanks for using FlexRAID 1.4 beta build 7. This version has reached its end of l...

That makes sense. My data is semi-static. It is all videos, pictures, and music with the exception of my automated backups. I need to schedule flexRAID to sync after I backup instead of before and maybe change it to run twice a day. It usually takes less than 5 minutes to sync and it often takes les...

I am not sure about flexRAID yet. I have it configured to sync at 3:00 AM every morning and email me status. It syncs fine, but since I haven't had to rebuild a disk I can't say how effective it is. I actually have some concerns. I am not sure how useful it will be if any drive has been modified sin...

Here is the link to the instructions I followed for formatting an advanced format drive: http://www.formortals.com/how-to-create ... and-linux/

The only problem I ran into besides the formatting was figuring out how to use flexRAID. Their site seemed to be down for two days and I pretty much had to figure out how it worked using Wikipedia and guessing. Your guide was so spot on I didn’t have any other issues at all.

I have two HTPCs: one in the family room (Windows 7 x64) and one in the bedroom (Windows XP). Both run MediaPortal. I have them configured to run with a $30 universal remote and a USB-UIRT. I have a huge collection of movies and television episodes. The Windows 7 HTPC has a dual tuner TV card but I ...

I have been building HTPCs for a couple years now using Windows and MediaPortal. I finally decided to centralize my media and this guide was invaluable. I have been using UNIX for years, but I had never built a LINUX box or acted as administrator. Your guide got me started. I ran into a bug formatti...