[mythtv-users] New Frontend, Any gotchas with Compact Flash storage

[David Brodbeck]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Paul Bender wrote:

> jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>>> jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Installing a system and then pointing
>>>> most of it to NFS shares is a lot simpler than any sort of net  
>>>> boot.
>>> That is a rather strong statement.
>>
>> I would love to be proved wrong. Exercises in RTFM won't cut it  
>> though.
>
> Converting a standard distribution to network boot can somewhat
> problematic. However, I believe that using a distribution designed for
> network boot (e.g. MiniMyth) is relatively easy.

Well, IMHO, the hardest part is finding an EEPROM burner and a network  
card with an EEPROM socket.  Also, the first one you try to get  
working is hard; there are lots of moving parts and when things don't  
work, it's usually not obvious why.  Once you've actually gotten your  
first system to boot it's not bad, though.  This is one of those  
things that's hard for people who have never done it, and no big deal  
to people who have.