[mythtv-users] appleTV and rEFIt for a dual boot FE

[Scott D. Davilla]

>I have been googling a bit and note that some folks are experimenting 
>with/using appleTVs as front-ends... I am thinking about venturing 
>down that path for a second FE.
>
>It would be great to be able to dual boot atv or linux.
>
>Keeping in mind the family would be the users and they are less 
>technically inclined - I am on a quest for simplifying this process 
>(no ssh, bless, reboot cycle) and to that end have stumbled across the 
>rEFIt project.
>
>Is anyone using rEFIt to control the boot selection?

rEFIt will not work because the AppleTV EFI does a cert check of 
bot.efi which rEFIt is replacing. The cert check fails and rEFIt will 
not run.

But there are many ways around this using atv-bootloader including 
have a MythBuntu install on a USB flash drive. Stick the flash drive 
in, boot to MythBuntu, remove it, boot to Apple OS. Works like a 
champ.

See http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/ for details about 
running many different setups on the AppleTV.