[mythtv-users] MythTV and the ION
Michael Lynch
lynchmv at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 12:58:46 UTC 2009
> Hi Dave,
>
> Embarrassingly, one thing I didn't put in my post is that I didn't realize
> at the time that the Atom was x86_64 compatible, and I installed a 32-bit
> distribution. So, the binaries I build for my AMD64 back-end don't work on
> my ION. Thus I complicated things for myself, and that's why I'm doing the
> front-end build on the ION itself.
>
> I'll re-install the OS on the front-end once ubuntu/mythbuntu 9.10 ship.
>
> (BTW, for those installing an a USB stick.... pay particular attention to
> the summary at the end and make sure it says that it's going to install the
> grub boot loader to the stick. I booted a laptop from a Live CD, and did
> all the configuration/installation to the USB stick.... but failed to notice
> that the installer defaulted the grub install to the laptops hard drive....
> rewriting the boot loader for my Windows laptop. That led to some
> nail-biting and some pretty advanced magic to get the laptop working again
> without having to re-install Windows.)
>
> Phil
So, does `fdisk /mbr` still do the magic in windows?
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