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Pls forgive my lack of response. This project has been temporarily shelved in deference to higher priorities.

Thanks for the ideas. I'll have to hack around a bit to move ZM from my on-board drive to an outboard, USB drive. Then, even if the PC is stolen the hidden drive will retain the perp's ID.

Grease or petroleum jelly are common masking agents in painting.
Waterproofing is the functional goal of most paint jobs.
Why not?

I'm considering ZM for a security system and thought perhaps the events could be housed in an external USB drive, hidden or locked away from the server.
Is this a realistic expectation?
Which apps/processes/folders would need to be moved to the external drive?
Is mirroring simpler?

Redneck waterproofing:
1) rub grease on lens
2) paint camera
3) clean lens

I'm attempting to use ZoneMinder 1.24.1 with Ubuntu 9.10. My Intel Create & Share works for XawTV and can be added as a monitor thusly; Function = MoDect Source = /dev/video0 Pixel = 352x288 Format = NTSC Palette = YUYV ZM displays Function and Source in green (satisfied) text. Selecting the monitor ...