[mythtv-users] Zonbu PC and Myth

Allan Stirling Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org
Sat Jun 30 15:49:39 UTC 2007


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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