[mythtv-users] Re: xbox linux distros

Robert Anderson riznob at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 23:12:36 UTC 2005


Cool! I'm glad to give back anything I can to the community. I am out
of town unitl Monday, so I'll try to create and post the torrent as
soon as I get back.

-Rob A

On 10/5/05, Frank Lynch <frank.lynch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/5/05, Robert Anderson <riznob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/4/05, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Does anyone have advice on a good Xbox Linux distro for a Myth
> frontend
> > > > system?
> > >
> > > http://bit.blkbk.com/
> > >
> > > Also heaps in the archives on this, some from just the last few days.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Phill
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> > >
> >
> > I'm using xebian with great success. I have installed it within the xbox
> > filesystem, so I can launch it from my dashboard and still have the
> ability
> > to play games and do all the other stuff on the xbox. I have also been
> able
> > to copy the whole E:/xebian directory from one box to another and have it
> > all work. I think making a distribution of this directory would be
> helpfull
> > for others, since it is a complete bootable distro with MythTV already
> > configured. There are only a few things that one would need to change...
> IP
> > address and hosts file (right now my hosts file has an entry for 'mythtv'
> > which point to my backend). If anyone thinks this sounds like a good
> idea,
> > please let me know. I could start by making a torrent and perhaps ask
> xbins
> > if they will host the torrent file.
> >
> > --
> > Rob Anderson
> > riznob at gmail.com
>
>
> Hi Rob,
> I think that this is a fantastic idea!
> All we'd really need (at least, to begin with) is a torrent containing
> a tarball of your E:\xebian directory and a very short readme file.
> The readme could simply contain a list of files that need
> modification.
> I'm hoping to build my first xbox frontend soon (I'm just waiting on a
> usb adapter cable to arrive). I would be happy to help you flesh out
> the readme, or even better still I could make a start on some scripts
> to automate the process.
> cheers!
> --Frank
>


--
Rob Anderson
riznob at gmail.com


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