[mythtv-users] Success! EPIA-M Fedora Core 2

[Ivor Hewitt]

On Friday 05 Nov 2004 04:01, Travis Kelley wrote:
> At this point I can't personally recommend using a m10000/m6000 to
> anyone as a combined frontend/backend with disks internal.  However in
> my experience, and I have run mine both ways, it works great when you
> netboot it and don't have any hard drives internal.  I think this is how
> Ivor is running his and he says he has no problems.  I think that
> removing all the dma traffic from the hard disk from the system is
> enough to keep it from locking on you.  If you do get one I would
> definately look into netboot.
>
It boots off the hard drive actually, and plays DVD's from an internal 
drive... and it used to run as a combined front/backend fine too.....

When I tried to reproduce the crashing others were getting by making large 
drive and/or network transfers it still didn't crash.
I think this needs further investigation by those with hanging machines before 
simply condemning the EPIA's dma.

Cheers,

-- 
Ivor Hewitt.
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