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. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
