[mythtv-users] "Dummies" guide to Mythbuntu Diskless Server

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Wed Oct 1 16:52:14 UTC 2008


On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:05 AM, Dean Harding wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>> Is there a less-technical guide to setting up and using the  
>>> Mythbuntu
>>> Diskless Server?  I purchased an Acer Aspire One, which has a really
>>> small 8GB solid-state drive.  I have a desktop full MythTV install
>>> (backend and frontend) working fine, and would like to use it to  
>>> boot
>>> my Aspire One.  However, I haven't found anything about Mythbuntu's
>>> Diskless Server feature that isn't really technical.
>>
>> Did you try the Mythbuntu control panel and tell it that you're going
>> to use a diskless frontend and then install mythbuntu on the new
>> machine as a diskless frontend?
>
> But this doesn't seem like a "diskless" install at all. The OP said
> there's an SSD drive which is presumably where he plans to have
> everything run from, right?
>
> A true "diskless" install would be via netboot and all that stuff.  
> This
> is really just a normal install (though with only an 8GB disk)...

No, I think what he said is that his master backend would boot from an  
8GB SSD which would also host the information that his new diskless  
frontend would boot from.


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