[mythtvnz] Mythfrontends using CF

Drew Whittle mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:28:14 +1300


512mb CF here.

:D

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 14:05 +1300, Toby Mills wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm using 2Gb CF cards with IDE converters in my frontends, I'd be
> interested to know if anyone else is doing something like this in order
> to achieve silence.
> 
> I have my big grunty noisy backend box out in the garage with near
> silent frontends in the house that don't need any spinning disk or much
> horsepower to generate heat.
> Seeing as the frontends only need enough space for the OS and myth I
> found this was the cleanest and cheapest way of getting a silent system
> (anyone else have any better ideas). I just use NFS to mount MP3 and
> Video directories off the backend server.
> 
> The only time the case fan spins up is when I'm ripping a DVD so it's a
> practically silent solution that doesn't involve spending bucketloads of
> money.
> 
> Cheers
> Toby 
> 
> 
> 
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