[mythtvnz] CF card as system drive

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Noel & Di" <noel at igrin.co.nz>
To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: [mythtvnz] CF card as system drive


> Hi all
> I want to use a CF card with an IDE adapter as a system drive & use my
> existing 2 x 250GB HDDs for the storage.
> Currently run Mythbuntu 9.04 with 1 x 250GB drive as system / storage &
> 1 x 250GB drive as dedicated storage (using storage groups).
> Question. What size CF card for a frontend/backend machine using running
> Karmic, will a 4 or 8 Gb card be enough?
> Thanks for your learned comments!
>
> Noel Claydon
>
> _______________________________________________

Can I suggest a good place to start is using the df command?  (Alt look under System Monitor | File Systems) to see what you are 
using now.  In a new incompletely configured 9.10 I have about 3 G used on /dev/sda1/ so 4G might be enough, 8G would seem safer to 
me for a FE, combined might need even more, especially if you plan to run diskless- and cascade out copies of the OS!