After posting this thread here, I have discovered that the network adaptor on the Asus P5QL-E is not supported by 5.5. Having done a quick search around, I discovered that linux kernel 2.6.25 supports the chipset. That'll teach me not to research fully. I believe the network adaptor is a Atheros L1E PCIe Gigabite LAN controller.

I am sure R6 will solve this (I hope) but I haven't tried an upgrade yet. Is there anything I need to know?

Many thanks
Chris

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Not to discourage you from using R6, but have you considered upgrading the kernel on your R5.5 box?

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Thanks Graysky
Too late. I thought about that but without a network connection, I thought that might prove difficult. Bit the bullet and now have a running R6 mythbox. However, I am now way out of my depth. I need to re-establish the second of my hard drives? I've looked in the fstab and it looks quite alien.
Chris

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Post your current (R6 generated?) /etc/fstab here. If you saved your /etc/fstab from your R5.5 box, also post it here. Also, post the output of

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Hi Graysky,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner but the weekend was a busy one. Fortunately I had a chance to do some reading at lunchtime today and think I've solved the problem. I had another look at the Storage Groups on the wiki.

I followed the relevant bits of the walk through provided and it all seems to work. What had thrown me was the extra stuff in the /etc/fstab file.

For reference my /etc/fstab reads:

As you can see before the various entries on sda there are a number of UUID codes, which I wasn't expecting. However, my line of /dev/sdb1 /myth2xfs defaults,auto 1 2 seems to have done the trick.

Belated thanks anyway!
Regards

Chris

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Cool man, glad to hear you're up and running. As to the UUID lines, it seems as though they are the preferred way to do things these days (Arch, Ubuntu, and LinHES seem to use them.) I don't like 'em personally and have replaced them in my /etc/fstab on my Arch workstation.

Anyway, glad you got it.

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This is too late of course, but just for the record ASUS publishes Linux network drivers for the Atheros controllers. I believe they're the same drivers that make it into the kernel, so if a newer kernel already supports your board then odds are the driver is available separately. Mine came on the CD (very handy for when you have no network connection on your box) but they can also be downloaded.

That's a good point. I didn't even think to look on the CD that came with the motherboard - I assumed it would just be the same old Widoze drivers.

Oh, Greysky - thanks man. I'm pleased too.

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