[mythtv-users] Need (suggestions for) lean mythfrontend

[Mike Perkins]

Johan wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 14:27 -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
>>
>> However, if you want to give it a try, then you might try using MiniMyth 
>> <http://minimyth.org>. The binary version of MiniMyth is compiled for a 
>> pentium-mmx and is optimized for a processor with a small cache. In 
>> addition, if you are willing to compile MiniMyth yourself, then you can 
>> compile it for the VIA Nehemiah processor. In either case, all software, 
>> not just the kernel and MythTV, is compiled with the particular 
>> optimizations.
> 
> I'm running a self-compiled SVN version of myth on the backend, so
> compiling would not be a problem neither would building a kernel (well
> I've done it before, not a guarantee for future success), minimyth I did
> check, but that boots from USB only as far as I could see. I'll give it
> a second look.
> 
Nope. Minimyth supports a number of different boot methods. I'm netbooting 
Minimyth on my EPIA-LN10000 (with NFS root; running entirely from RAM is also 
possible). Compact Flash is another method which is well-used.

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Mike Perkins