[mythtv-users] XBox with root via NFS?

[Victor]

I tried that... I originally put the swap on my file server and didn't
use the harddrive once it booted into linux.  The NFS swap was
horrifically slow.  I do not recommend it, however if your harddrive has
a 10gig instead of an 8gig, you could use the extra 2 gigs for swap
(which the xbox doesn't use).  If that still isn't an option, you could
use a fatx file for swap like Ben mentioned (which I have never done). 
Yet still you could upgrade to 128 megs of ram and try without swap
entirely.  but having 64mb of ram and NFS swap is a slow solution.

Vic

chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:18:54AM -0800, Ben Dash wrote:
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>>I'm not sure what you'd gain by not using the hard
>>drive for swap, my swap file is just a 256MB file on
>>hda50.  The swap file doesn't effect the native xBox
>>functions.
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>If I could use NFS for both root and swap (perhaps with the help of 
>additional installed RAM) then I could shut down the drive, gaining a 
>50-75% reduction in ambient noise.  The noise from the XBox isn't a 
>problem when playing games since they tend to be loud anyway, but it's 
>a real distraction when watching a relatively quiet recording.
>
>I figure having a slow swap would make navigating the menus painful and 
>would delay the start of the playback, but once I'm actually watching 
>TV I wouldn't expect to have a lot of paging going on.
>
>I was hoping someone on here would have already tried it and could tell 
>me that it definitely works or definitely doesn't work so I don't spend 
>a lot of (potentially wasted) time reinventing the wheel.
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