[mythtv-users] MythTV and Gentoo 2006.0 on Beige G3

[Chad]

On 4/10/06, Troy Goodson <Troy_Goodson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm starting the journey of installing Gentoo 2006.0 on my stock
> Beige G3.  I'm writing my notes at
>
> <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_Beige_G3_PPC>
>
> I'm not a novice user, but I've never actually installed a linux
> distro before.  Nor have I installed MythTV before.
>
> I'm interested in any comments or tips from the list. Also, feel free
> to write comments or tips at <http://gentoo-wiki.com/
> HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_Beige_G3_PPC>
>
> A few snippets:
>
> I really want a MythTV box, http://www.mythtv.org/, but I want to use
> the hardware I have. I have a Rev. 3 Beige G3 with the stock
> hardware.  I hope that I'll be able to use a pchdtv card <http://
> www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html> in it.
>
>   The Plan
>     1. read the Gentoo installation instructions for PPC - <http://
> www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml>
>     2. boot from Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD - I've done this!! :)
>     3. read more of the Gentoo installation instructions
>     4. refine my plan?
>     5. install from Gentoo's Universal Installation CD
>     6. install MythTV
>     7. does it look like this will work?
>     8. start over
>
>   Booting from Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD
> ... got this to work!
>
> I've made partitions and next time I'm going to "create filesystems"
>
> _______________________________________________

Good Luck!  It might just be my pessimism stepping in, but I don't
know that you'd really have enough horsepower to do much with that
system.  Although you did seem to realize that and maybe you just want
it as a cheap machine that holds your hardware mpeg cards and HDTV
cards and just streams them to a drive that your myth boxes all
access, in which case, it might work, and then the opener applies;
Good Luck!  ;)  (Says the pessimist in me with a beige G3 sitting 3
feet from my knees, untouched for about a good 2 years.)

Chad