On 5/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Gammon</b> <<a href="mailto:musicman_5423@yahoo.com">musicman_5423@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I'm not the most savvy when it comes to LINUX or MythTV. But it seems to me that Myth can be run on a backend server and you can distribute the signals to various places (frontends). So why are there frontend discussions about hard drives? I don't get it. Could someone please expose my ignorance?
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Can't you just distribute the info over network wire (best as CAT6)? Then all you would need would be the interface in a frontend that has bootable RAM, since you can get decent-GIG sized keyfobs, put a video card, a gigabit network card, the processor, small fan, IR receiver, Sound Card (preferrably w/optical out to go into a receiver), etc? Basically create a Myth set-top box w/no HD?
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I guess that's where I get confused. Forgive my ignorance in advance. It just seems that if all the recording is being done on the backend server, the frontend wouldn't need all the moving parts.
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I boot a diskless frontend. No moving parts, except for some fans. The problem with diskless frontends is the complexity. It takes a lot of reading, and setup to get things right. Also, getting the NFS Server, TFTP server, DHCP server all configured properly takes some experience -- or a lot of patience.
<br><br>Many are booting off of CD, which also works, but then you have the issue of where to store your settings. <br><br>Anyway -- MythTV seems to be able to be run on an infinite number of configurations. Enjoy it's flexibility!
<br><br>-Dave<br></div><br></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>David Frascone<br><br>Oxymoron: Safe Sex.