[mythtv-users] The $99 frontend is here. Is this too good to be true?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 14:03:30 UTC 2009


> FYI, mine arrived yesterday.  Haven't tried to get Myth running on
> it yet, but here are two things I noticed:
>
> 1. The BIOS had a password.  The BIOS comes from Award.  I tried all
>   of the backdoor passwords listed here
>   http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml but none
>   worked.  I managed to boot into Linux anyhow and then I ran this
>   cmospwd utility http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd which told
>   me the password was "realityi" (which indeed worked).
>
> 2. I haven't been able to get Linux (Fedora Core 10) to recognize
>   the CompactFlash drive.  The BIOS recognizes the CF and starts
>   booting from it, but then once Linux is actually running it
>   complains that it can't find the boot device, and booting halts.
>   When I boot from USB, I haven't been able to get Linux to
>   recognize the CF drive.  I'll keep poking at it (any ideas?), but
>   for now I'm just booting from USB.
>
Does it look used? I mean scratches ...

John


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