[mythtv-users] Small Disto for FrontEnd

[Mario L]

Where have you been looking about PXE booting?  I am considering
setting up PXEboot for my next upcoming frontend, and I was going to
go the gentoo route with it:

I'm not sure which option I'll choose yet, but it looks like there is
a way to make it share a filesystem with your booting system, which
could be interesting:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml

or there is the option of letting it boot from its own set of
directories, which I think will probably be the better of the two
options:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Diskless_Install

Has anyone gone the gentoo route for PXE booting though?

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:17:20 -0800, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> Reinserted by me:
> --
> > > > What would be the most suitable linux distro to install myht frontend
> > > > in say a 256Mb or 512Mb CF card?  Would it run under something like DSL
> > > > (Damn Small Linux)?
> 
> > > Have you looked into MiniMyth?
> --
> 
> On Friday 25 March 2005 11:45, Dave Ansell wrote:
> > I did, but it seemed to be configured specifically for EPIA hardware which
> > could be very diferent to mine.
> 
> Ah, hadn't considered that. Yeah, its very tailored to an EPIA. Sounds like
> maybe DSL is indeed a better option.
> 
> > How configurable is it, do you know?
> 
> I don't have a clue, haven't actually used it. My EPIA is running FC3 at the
> moment, off a 10GB laptop HD, so I didn't worry much about space.
> 
> As for Myth on DSL, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't run on it, once
> you've got all the necessary bits in place. How much work getting said bits
> in place would be, I haven't a clue. In that respect, MiniMyth would
> obviously be easier if you can adapt it for your hardware, since the Myth
> part of the equation is already taken care of.
> 
> If I were installing on a CF card, I'd probably use Debian or Fedora myself,
> building the system up in a chroot on another machine, then rsync it onto the
> flash card when appropriately trimmed, but that's just me. :-)
> 
> PS - Dave, don't trim quite so much of the original message, leave enough
> context that people don't have to already know the entire thread to
> understand what you're talking about...
> 
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