[mythtv-users] CF mythfrontend recommendations

[Fernando Ruza Rodriguez]

El lun, 08-08-2011 a las 07:33 -0500, Kevin Kuphal escribió:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Fernando Ruza Rodriguez
> <ffrr12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         El dom, 07-08-2011 a las 13:06 -0400, Raymond Wagner escribió:
>         > On 8/7/2011 12:46, Fernando Ruza Rodriguez wrote:
>         > > I'm going to install a Mythtv frontend with Debian Linux
>         in a 2GB
>         > > Compact Flash. I'm going to follow the recommendations it
>         says here, in
>         > > the section linux tuning:
>         > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Compact_Flash_boot_drive
>         > >
>         > > Does anyone have anymore recommendations for this kind of
>         > > installation ??
>         >
>         > You need a CF card, a CF-PATA adapter, and a PATA-SATA
>         controller.  Why
>         > not just get an SSD?
>         
>         
>         Because I already had all of that: Transced CF 2GB 300x and
>         addonics
>         CF-SATA Adapter:
>         http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsacf.asp
>         
>         It is an old mythtv frontend I did 3 years ago and 2 months
>         ago the CF
>         memory was broken that's why I'm asking for the CF
>         recommendations to
>         see if now I can make its life longer.
> 
> 
> I recently moved from a CF to an SSD installation.  I had no problems
> with the CF but I found 8GB to be too small so I'm not sure what
> success you will have with 2GB.  It was as cheap for me to buy a 30GB
> SSD as to get a large CF card...
> 

It's enough for me a 2GB CF. It's a Debian basic installation and then
xserver drivers, ratpoison and mythtvfrontend. Why do I need more space
in the client ??, every media content is well stored (and backup) on the
server-backend.

Thanks for your comments.

Fernando.