[mythtv-users] Small Disto for FrontEnd

[Dave Ansell]

I have used DRBL ( Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) 
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/
It is easy to install which is good for me as I am not a Linux expert!
The Backend runs Fedora FC3.
DRBL then installed on the backend.
The Frontend then boots diskless from the backend.

The only problem is I am having occasional backend crashes and I dont know 
if it is caused by the frontend/drbl, etc or just some other problem with 
the backend.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mario L" <superm1 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Small Disto for FrontEnd


> Where have you been looking about PXE booting?  I am considering
> setting up PXEboot for my next upcoming frontend, and I was going to
> go the gentoo route with it:
>
> I'm not sure which option I'll choose yet, but it looks like there is
> a way to make it share a filesystem with your booting system, which
> could be interesting:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml
>
> or there is the option of letting it boot from its own set of
> directories, which I think will probably be the better of the two
> options:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Diskless_Install
>
> Has anyone gone the gentoo route for PXE booting though?
>
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:17:20 -0800, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> 
> wrote: