Posted by (PeteCresswell) on 08/13/07 23:09

Per Archimedes' Lever:
> Also, even if one matches said formatting, the drive may contain volume
>structures and or machine code in files that are required by the hardware
>in order to "boot" the machine and make it operational.

I think Nick in another thread has me talked into doing an
end-run: something called WinFast: a card/software to allow my PC
to act like what I wanted in the OP.

If it turns out tb practical, I can see a couple of advantages:
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- Cost. If it comes to a dedicated box, with a little dumpster
diving/using old components I think I can do the whole thing
as cheap as or even cheaper than $500-600 for a Panasonic E85.

Certainly adding it to one of my existing boxes sb much
cheaper.

- Scalability. New stuff comes along, I can replace selected
components - like the tuner card, hard drives, or video card.

Or even the WinFast card itself - Who knows? Some day we might
get wild and crazy and stop being the only people for miles
around without cable...-)
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