Boot from HDD?

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Hi,
I'm new to Triple Dragon (bought 3 days ago) as I'm new to the whole SAT thing (my first dish).

I already have read my brains out trying to figure all things about setting TD with different images, emus, plugins etc.

I also read about hooking up USB and booting from it.

But I somehow missed the topic of regular booting from HDD. Is it possible and if Yes, what are cons and pros and how to's?

Thanks to all guys contributing to TD

Laimsas
 

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Welcome to the forum.

The con will be that the disk is always spinning.
 

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mhku said:
Welcome to the forum.

The con will be that the disk is always spinning.

That was quick:)
Thanks
 

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laimsas said:
Hi,
I'm new to Triple Dragon (bought 3 days ago) as I'm new to the whole SAT thing (my first dish).

I already have read my brains out trying to figure all things about setting TD with different images, emus, plugins etc.

I also read about hooking up USB and booting from it.

But I somehow missed the topic of regular booting from HDD. Is it possible and if Yes, what are cons and pros and how to's?

Thanks to all guys contributing to TD

Laimsas

In the Bootloader menu, you have the option of -

Booting from flash ROM
Booting from NFS (network, e.g a PC configured in your network settings)
Booting from your HDD system partitions #1 or 2

You can set the HDD to sleep after a given time through the Hard Disk menu.

You can't boot from a USB stick.

Any reason why you would want to boot from a HDD rather than flash?

Llew
 

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Llew said:
In the Bootloader menu, you have the option of -

Booting from flash ROM
Booting from NFS (network, e.g a PC configured in your network settings)
Booting from your HDD system partitions #1 or 2

You can set the HDD to sleep after a given time through the Hard Disk menu.

You can't boot from a USB stick.

Any reason why you would want to boot from a HDD rather than flash?

Llew

I was reading that in flash rom var size is limited to 2Mb or something and that limits you with plugins, emus etc.

If you could point me to right direction to have lots of stuff without requiring HDD i'll be more than happy to try.

To the question "why you would want to boot from a HDD" answer is - I'm computer guy, I used to things booting from HDD (joke)
 

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I have saved var space by creating folders on my HDD and storing both plug-ins and skins there.
My var is never fuller than 60 % now and all freezing and crashing issues have now ceased.
The TD is temperamental but a very good box once you get the hang of it!
 

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staffspeted said:
I have saved var space by creating folders on my HDD and storing both plug-ins and skins there.
My var is never fuller than 60 % now and all freezing and crashing issues have now ceased.
The TD is temperamental but a very good box once you get the hang of it!

How do you point TD where to look for plugins, skins etc?
 

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Menu - Extras - Filemanager

There you can check your files, delete, copy or rename files on your HDD or USB.
Llew
 
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