[mythtv-users] Zonbu PC and Myth

Steve Smith st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 11:59:38 UTC 2007


On 30/06/07, Allan Stirling <Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org> wrote:
>
> Steve Meyers wrote:
> >>> I wonder if it will be a capable myth frontend! $250, small, silent
> >>> linux pc.
> >  >>
> >>> Seems too good to be true.
> >>>
> >> It is.
> >>
> >> "The Zonbu device does not have a hard disk. Instead, a 4GB
> >> compact flash (similar to what digital cameras and MP3
> >> players use) stores the operating system and the application
> >> which have been installed. The remaining space of the
> >> compact flash is used as a cache to store local copies of
> >> files you've recently used; special software keeps these
> >> copies synchronized with the online storage servers. "
> >
> > I have a frontend running on a 4GB compact flash drive.  Why does a
> > small, silent frontend need to have storage?
> Personally speaking, it doesn't. I have 3 frontends, one
> with local storage. The rest are NFS booted.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Allan.
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