[mythtv-users] Fedora Myth(TV)ology turns 3

[David Whyte]

I think Jarods idea of moving the 'older' guides to the Wiki are
great, although as they are stand, they are just about the right
balance of concise and accurate.  I would hate for them to be bloated
by what other people think is important.

Wiki is the best idea though...


On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:22:52 +0100 (CET), Franco <mythtv at email.it> wrote:
> > I think I actually have enough hardware that I could, given enough
> > time. However, to have enough time, I'd have to be getting paid
> > hey, look at that, its 3am and I have to work tomorrow... :-).
> 
> Of course Jarod, I wasn't in any way asking you to spend more
> time for maintaining multiple versions of your guide. :-)
> (I wrote it, but I understand my message was toooo long).
> BTW, it's 2 am here, I do really understand you :-)
> I'm really thankful for your effort - without it, I wouldn't
> have my mythbox, which I really love...
> 
> I was just hoping you'd stop switching from one OS to the other,
> but could choose one and stay on that....
> 
> > For a new system, there's no sense in starting with an already
> > unsupported (by the vendor) distribution like FC1
> 
> Why not? If I want to install a machine with low-level hardware
> I MUST use an old OS.  e.g. if I want to use an old 386 for
> a little mail server, I can't install FC3.
> A mythbox is in the same situation. The hardware specifications
> on myth site are low and can't support _any_ OS that will be available
> in the future....
> 
> > All that said, I *have* pondered moving to one of the RHEL rebuilds,
> > the benefits of a 5-year life span and a 2.6 kernel,
> > Might even concoct a Myth-specific rebuild, trimmed down
> 
> These semm good news... :-)
> 
> >> 2) You don't have to upgrade your OS to upgrade to a new version of Myth.
> > Exactly.
> 
> Hmmm... I don't agree. Sorry if my previous post was too long, but I tried to
> explain this. It is important (in my opinion).
> 
> "apt-get dist-upgrade" does, often, make my FC2 mythbox stop working.
> It may be new kernel modules which require a different setup
> of /etc/modprobe.conf, or some other settings, or whatever.
> 
> When it happens (about one time out of two) I do check Jarod's guide
> for recovering the machine.
> 
> As Jarod is going to discontinue his FC2 guide, next time my box dies
> on an upgrade, I won't find the solution for recovering.
> Then I'll have to switch to FC3 for recovering it.
> 
> Unless I renounce, starting from now, to upgrade my box with the new versions
> of myth... :-(
> 
> Franco
> 
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