[mythtv-users] OT: Booting Hard Drive-less Machine

[Chad]

On 3/24/06, Bryan Halter <bhalter at armyofpenguins.com> wrote:
> What I did was boot off a Gentoo Live CD, mount an NFS share, then do
> the Gentoo install as normal.  When that was done I put the boot loader
> on a USB drive and followed the instructions for booting with an NFS
> root. This seems easier than PXE booting as it creates fewer
> dependancies on the network.  just my $0.02.
>
> --Bryan

Excellent, thanks!  I also thought of going the USB drive route, just
getting like a 1GB cruzer, booting off that, and NFS mounting /usr and
such (probably a NFS root like you said).  I opted out of that option
for cost.  I'm not using an HD because I don't want to buy one, I've
got a fan in the box so noise is not much of an issue.  I don't need
or want a 200GB drive for this frontend machine, but a 40GB drive
costs 60 bucks, where a 200GB costs 80.  I've got plenty of storage
already (750GB) I just figured I'd use some of it to be root ( / ) for
systems.  I want a 40GB drive for 10 bucks, more in line with the
cost/GB.  Anyway...  I do appreciate the follow up!  I'll either stop
being cheap, or figure this PXE thing out.  That or go with the LiveCD
thing I originally thought of doing.  PXE is on the top of the list
though, followed by LiveCD (DVD actually) and finally, breaking down
and getting a USB cruzer (small stick or some sort) or full on SATA
harddrive.

Thanks!

Chad