09-04-2019, 01:09 PM
The RMM hard drive just died on me. No biggie really, as I have a complete backup from just a few days ago. And I also have a whole box of IDE drives. Here's the problem though: these drives range from ancient to just old and even if they're working right now, who knows how long they'll last. If I just pop another hdd in there, I might very well have to go through the whole reinstalling business again before long.
So I'm thinking of getting some SD-to-IDE adapter and remove mechanical hard drives from the equation entirely. It's a music making system after all and requires more reliability than I would demand from e.g. just a retro gaming machine. Since these things aren't available locally it'll probably be a few weeks before I have this old beast up and running again. Which sucks, as I was just getting back into working on some music on it. But getting rid of the hdd is probably the wisest long-term choice.
So I'm thinking of getting some SD-to-IDE adapter and remove mechanical hard drives from the equation entirely. It's a music making system after all and requires more reliability than I would demand from e.g. just a retro gaming machine. Since these things aren't available locally it'll probably be a few weeks before I have this old beast up and running again. Which sucks, as I was just getting back into working on some music on it. But getting rid of the hdd is probably the wisest long-term choice.