[mythtv-users] XBox with root via NFS?

[Ben Dash]

I know that the fan on my old xBox fan is a little
noisy and eventually I'll replace it with a quieter
one, however, I had no idea that the hard drive was a
noise problem.  Obviously I can't hear anything above
the noise of the fan currently.  If the hard drive
becomes a problem I'll probably replace it with a
seagate barracuda since I've had good experiences with
them and find them to be completely silent.

I already have the 128MB RAM thanks to
xboxrepairguide.com  and I was curious how well you
box was working with just the 64MB, or are you merely
talking about your future plans.

--- chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:18:54AM -0800, Ben Dash
> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> 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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