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Posted: May 12, 2013 - 6:17pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

Anyone ever make a universal audio equalizer using Soundflower and AU Lab?

Someone maybe. Not me.

Posted: May 12, 2013 - 4:31pm

Anyone ever make a universal audio equalizer using Soundflower and AU Lab?

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:57pm

swell_sailor wrote:

Laugh at yourself, with the rest of us.

every day

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:47pm

buzz wrote:

great. now who am i gonna laugh at with?

there's always OV

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:45pm

buzz wrote:

great. now who am i gonna laugh at with?

Laugh at yourself, with the rest of us.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:44pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

Thanks for the help!

I've still got a lot of stuff to do, but so far so good.

great. now who am i gonna laugh at with?

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:12pm

swell_sailor wrote:

Sure!

Only because I'm extra cautious, I like to repair permissions between software installs as well. YMMV.

Only thing I've installed so far is Opera, guess I could do that now.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:11pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

Thanks for the help!

I've still got a lot of stuff to do, but so far so good.

Sure!

Only because I'm extra cautious, I like to repair permissions between software installs as well. YMMV.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:08pm

swell_sailor wrote:

It sounds like a success!

Using Opera here too. It's a bit clunky at times at RP.

Thanks for the help!

I've still got a lot of stuff to do, but so far so good.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 7:05pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

Come to think of it, the command was "erase."

Anyway, I'm back in business with the new hard drive. Boot up time went from 1 minute, 27 seconds to 33 seconds and it's running mighty snappily. Trying out Opera for a browser.

It sounds like a success!

Using Opera here too. It's a bit clunky at times at RP.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 6:58pm

swell_sailor wrote:

That was super fast for zeroing a hard drive. Maybe it was just an erase? Probably okay either way. Zeroing is just one more of my (likely unnecessary) conservative precautionary steps.

Come to think of it, the command was "erase."

Anyway, I'm back in business with the new hard drive. Boot up time went from 1 minute, 27 seconds to 33 seconds and it's running mighty snappily. Trying out Opera for a browser.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 6:48pm

triskele wrote:

It's me.

New drive installed & zeroed; OS installing.

That was super fast for zeroing a hard drive. Maybe it was just an erase? Probably okay either way. Zeroing is just one more of my (likely unnecessary) conservative precautionary steps.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 4:39pm

It's me.

New drive installed & zeroed; OS installing.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 4:12pm

swell_sailor wrote:

Since it doesn't sound like you're going to clone the old operating system, this is what I would do.

Install the new drive in the laptop. Move the old drive to the enclosure.

Boot from the installer DVD.

Trying to remember how this goes.......

You need to decline the installation and (from the file menu, I think) open the disk utility and zero the hard drive. This may take up to an hour or two.

Once the drive is zeroed, run the installer.

Reboot from your new operating system and run software update. I'm a little anal about this and like to do updates in increments, while running permissions repair from the disk utility between updates, and occasionally rebooting.

Once you're all updated we can discuss the next part of your plan.

Hopefully I'll see you in a few hours. Thanks!

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 4:05pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

One drive is fine. I just want a nice, clean install - whatever that takes.

Since it doesn't sound like you're going to clone the old operating system, this is what I would do.

Install the new drive in the laptop. Move the old drive to the enclosure.

Boot from the installer DVD.

Trying to remember how this goes.......

You need to decline the installation and (from the file menu, I think) open the disk utility and zero the hard drive. This may take up to an hour or two.

Once the drive is zeroed, run the installer.

Reboot from your new operating system and run software update. I'm a little anal about this and like to do updates in increments, while running permissions repair from the disk utility between updates, and occasionally rebooting.

Once you're all updated we can discuss the next part of your plan.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 3:57pm

swell_sailor wrote:

Partition usually means to create more than one partition. When you do this the drive looks like more than one drive (one, two, or three or more) to the operating system. Each partition behaves like a separate drive. Do you want to do this? Or do you want to zero (erase/format) the drive.

One drive is fine. I just want a nice, clean install - whatever that takes.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 3:48pm

I always partition my drives and move my home folder and data/pic folders to the extra partition. This way if I have to reinstall the OS my personal stuff is already there in the other other partition (Unless of course the hard drive itself dies). This is a carryover from my UNIX days.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 3:47pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

I have a new, blank hard drive that I want to replace my system disc with.

I want to do a clean install of my OS on that drive.

I understand that new drive must be partitioned before installation of the OS.

I'm assuming from buzz's reaction I have it all wrong.

don't assume. i just needed to find a new RPeep to laugh at, ya know*. i picked you.

*thornbush departure

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 3:45pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

yes.

I DON'T need to partition the drive?

Partition usually means to create more than one partition. When you do this the drive looks like more than one drive (one, two, or three or more) to the operating system. Each partition behaves like a separate drive. Do you want to do this? Or do you want to zero (erase/format) the drive.

Posted: May 7, 2013 - 3:41pm

swell_sailor wrote:

Did you get a kit with an external enclosure?

yes.

I DON'T need to partition the drive?