[mythtvnz] Zotac ION ATOM boot device recommendation / opinions

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Kendall <paul at kcbbs.gen.nz>
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 6:12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Zotac ION ATOM boot device recommendation / opinions
> 
> On Wednesday 22 July 2009 04:07:56 pm Steve V wrote:
> > Now that I have a HD frontend working with VDPAU I'm looking at building a
> > new frontend using a Zotac Ion board.
> >
> > It seems that there are at least 4 options for a boot device:
> >
> > Network booting  - but this seems too complicated for my simple mind
> >
> > Using a standard hard drive
> >
> > Using a laptop drive and appropriate adapter.
> >
> > Using a CF card and appropriate adapter
> >
> > I would like to minimise power and noise, so I lean toward the CF card,
> > however, I read that you can wear out the flash with too many writes, so
> > this may not be the best long term solution.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any thoughts / opinions on the subject.
> >
> >
> >
> I have two of these now and I network boot them. It was really very easy to
> set up using the MythControlCenter in mythbuntu! The only problem I have 
> with it is that after it boots, the first time you enter something like LiveTV
> or Media Library, it is *really* slow. Do it again and it's fast. Just kind of
> annoying for the wife & kids.
> 
> Benefits are that updates are really easy to do. Just "sudo chroot" to the
> directory with the image and do an update. Then use ltsp-update-image
> and ltsp-update-kernels, and reboot the frontends!
> 
> You also get a NFS mount for each front end so it can have it's own config
> files. Nice if you have different remotes etc.
> 
> I tried setting up a front end with minimyth on a USB stick as well but havn't
> really persevered with it. I was wanting to see if this would help with the
> slow down mentioned above.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul
> 

Definitely does help, I might give this a go as I am using Mythbuntu.