You can get CF cards upto 8GB now, what about using a card of that size
instead and doing a CD install, we're thinking anaconda because rpm/yum
make it easy.

Can you take a digital photo of your case? I would be very interested to
see it.

Regards
Karl,

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 07:32 -0500, Chad Files wrote:
> > I have my eyes on some mini-itx stuff and am always searching for a nice
> > STB platform that's affordable.  Personally I think that a Freevo box
> > should have a bit more balls than a 400 MHz PPC type STB.  Also, many of
> > these STBs have proprietary hardware (mpeg decoders and such) that
> > require closed source and expensive SDKs.  My best Freevo box is using
> > microATX now and IMO its still too PC like so STB appliance is best.
> 
> I have a mini-itx system
> (http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81)
> that is really small and quiet. It also has everything that I need;
> tv-out, wireless lan, tv tuner, tons of storage, etc. I built the
> entire system for less than $600 USD.
> 
> I threw fedora on it and did a quick freevo install just to get it
> working and it was fantastic. It took less than 2 hours to setup.
> Right now I am working on making the system embedded. I have a 512 MB
> CF card, attached via IDE, that I am putting Gento on. My hope is that
> I can make a freevo system that is small, flash based, powerful and
> quiet.
> 
> Just some food for thought.
> 
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