[mythtv-users] Partitioning 1TB disk to MythTV

[Andre]

On 28 Jun 2010, at 11:49, Josu Lazkano wrote:

> Hello everybody!
> 
> I have a HTPC and I want to install MythTV to watch satellite
> channels, the PC has 1TB hard drive. How I must partition it?

I'd partition is all as LVM and all as one XFS partition for /var/lib/mythtv or /media/mythtv whatever you prefer, the Debian installer makes this really easy from first install.

I'd put / on another disk entirely, doesn't need to be a big disk but it makes a massive difference to performance, also makes everything much quieter without all that seeking back and forth for recordings and database updates.

There's a wiki entry all about optimisations, that talks about file systems.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Optimizing_Performance


> 
> I want to use all 1TB to record TV programs, I have an other 1TB NAS
> (Samba) to store films, music and fotos.

The recommendation is to mount one level up so myth can see if it's not available, /media with a /videos directory inside rather than /media/videos

> I want to install Debian Squeeze.

Ubuntu is better supported on here but I'm sure Debian can be used if that's your preference.

> 
> Thanks and regards.
> 
> -- 
> Josu Lazkano
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