[mythtv-users] ZOTAC IONITX-B-E installation/configuration...

[Brent Bolin]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> i'm having some issues getting my ZOTAC IONITX-B-E frontend to work.
>> i've installed my distro of choice (LinHES) as a FE on two different
>> USB sticks.  installation goes fine and everything appears to be
>> happy; however, when rebooting the system, it just hangs when
>> initializing the kernel.  and on top of that it appears to shut off
>> the USB ports because my mouse and keyboard go dead at that point.  so
>> i'm guessing the USB key is dead as well (it doesn't have any sort of
>> indicator led on in).  i've also tried MythBuntu with the same
>> results, so i don't believe it's a distro specific issue (the kernel
>> hasn't even loaded so how could distro matter?).
>> i'm fairly certain there is a BIOS setting i'm missing or have
>> misconfigured.  in my BIOS i have the USB key selected as the primary
>> boot device.  under the 'Advanced'->'USB Configuration' menu in the
>> BIOS i've tried setting both HiSpeed and FullSpeed settings, Legacy
>> USB Support is enabled, and under the 'USB Mass Storage Device Config'
>> i've tried setting the 'USB Mass Storage Reset Delay' to 10, 20 & 30
>> seconds and tried setting the 'Emulation Type' to both 'Auto' & "Hard
>> Disk'.  the majority of the BIOS settings have been left to their
>> default values, or reset to their defaults.  i've played around with
>> other settings with no luck.  it seems crazy that the BIOS has a boot
>> from USB option and then shuts off USB as it is starting up...  this
>> board (ZOTAC IONITX-B-E) has an AMI BIOS (v02.61) onboard.  i didn't
>> find any info on American Megatrends site to indicate that i needed a
>> BIOS update.
>> unfortunately when booting i don't get far enough into the boot cycle
>> to switch the display from the splash screen to rolling output to see
>> what's going on and then the keyboard locks up/goes away.  and since
>> booting locks i don't have any logs to look at. :)
>> this board does have a PXE Boot option in the BIOS and i'm tempted to
>> try it.  but i figured the USB key setup would be easier to manage for
>> a novice/intermediate Linux user.
>> any suggestions/configurations welcome.  :)
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Close
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>
> I have 3 ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX
>
> Only thing I changed was the boot priority to make them boot from usb stick
>
> Mythbuntu
>
> If you've been messing around a bunch with bios settings you might
> want to default the bios back to original.  There should be a jumper
> set to short to accomplish this.
>
> I have my bios completely stock other then priority.
>

I created my boot stick with Mythbuntu gnome application from iso image