If you are interested in going the MiniMyth route, but don't want to deal with the network boot issues, you may want to consider booting using as CF-IDE adapter to boot from compact flash as if it were a hard drive.<br><br>
Here's roughly how I did it:<br><a href="http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/minimyth/boot_from_compact_flash_disk">http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/minimyth/boot_from_compact_flash_disk</a><br><br>Basically I share (and don't control) my DHCP server, so I didn't want to mess with the network boot method.
<br><br>I am very happy with MiniMyth, other people seem to be as well.<br><br>-Pete<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chad</b> <<a href="mailto:masterclc@gmail.com">masterclc@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 8/15/06, Edgar Sigal <<a href="mailto:esigal@insidewire.com">esigal@insidewire.com
</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have an EPIA SP13000 that is currently running as both front and backend<br>> (FC5).<br>><br>> I would like to split the front and backend keeping the EPIA box as front
<br>> end. I would also like to remove the hard drive (SATA 250 GB) for use in the<br>> backend.<br>><br>> Challenges:<br>><br>> 1) Diskless boot: via PXE or USB key<br>><br>> Can I do a PXE boot if I already have a linksys router acting as DHCP
<br>> server?<br>><br>> Would it not be faster to boot from USB key rather than over the network<br>> (100 baseT)?<br>><br>> I have tested the key on the EPIA and by changing the hard drive boot order<br>
> it does try and boot from the USB key.<br>><br>> FYI: when I set to USB:ZIP it would not boot, I had to keep it as hard<br>> drive.<br>><br>> How do I do a fresh install on the USB key?<br>><br>> Can I add a boot option to the Fedora install DVD to load USB dirvers?
<br>><br>> Is it possible to copy the current /boot root partitions over to the USB<br>> key?<br>><br>> 2) need new IR<br>><br>> Since my PVR-150 card will be moving to the backend, I will need to set up a
<br>> new IR for the front end.<br>><br>> The case has an IR (Tranquil-T2) with 3 pins, can this be connected to<br>> serial port some how?<br>><br>> Or should I take a cheapo BTTV card I have and just use the IR port on that?
<br>><br>><br>><br>> Any help is greatly appreciated.<br>><br>> Edgar Sigal<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br><br>If you are familiar enough with Linux, I suggest you not use Fedora
<br>for this. <a href="http://linpvr.org">http://linpvr.org</a> has mini-myth ( a distro designed for the<br>Epia boards ) or use something like Gentoo or a Debian flavor. Mainly<br>because these options provide more flexibility from the end user on
<br>tailoring it to your needs (A usb device). It can certainly be done<br>with Fedora, but I think less modding would be necessary if you used a<br>distro designed to work better with your customizing.<br><br>If you choose to go NFS, it's a fast boot process. I don't know how
<br>fast you are looking for, but a network booting machine on my network<br>is maybe 2-5 seconds slower than my hard drive booting machines (of<br>the similar layout/daemon starting, etc).<br><br>2. IR: I would grab a serial receiver from
<a href="http://irblaster.info">http://irblaster.info</a> and<br>just configure my system to use it as my receiver. It's a cheap (and<br>easy) solution, and the SP13000 do have serial connectors, so if it's<br>not being used, it's a good option.
<br><br>-Chad<br><br>--<br>Prebuilt HDTV capable systems at reasonable prices:<br><a href="http://www.pauselivetv.com">http://www.pauselivetv.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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