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MythTV File Dump I finally managed to move all the necessary files off of the extra 250GB IDE drive I had lying around. The whole process took a pile of DVDs and CDs (some of the files were ISO files that needed to be burned to 1 CD or DVD). I also had to make a decision to let some of the data go. e.g. The 25 ISOs for an outdated version of Debian GNU/Linux. A few weeks ago I picked up an external IDE enclosure to put the drive in. It took some time to figure out that a simple fsck on the ext3 file system was the answer to the problem of mounting the LVM file system on the drive. I didn't want to run fsck since I thought it might actually corrupt the data (since it was in a different computer). It worked, so I was able to retrieve all my old data. Initially I was going to use the drive as a dumping space for the whole network, so I formatted it with VFAT. Maria's computer runs Windows XP and the FAT (File Allocation Table) file system is well understood by it. The problem is t...