Michael Brown wrote:
> Hi Folks!
> 
> Curious if anyone has done a disk-less or flash-based Freevo strictly for 
> viewing materials.  I just finished building a new Freevo box today for our 
> Bedroom, and the hard disk whine is already getting annoying (it's an older 
> re-purposed 30GB drive I had kicking around).  To quiet it down, I'm thinking 
> I'll strip down the Ubuntu set-up

Please consider Arch Linux if you're Linux savvy, it's like 100 meg bare 
install as opposed to the larger Ubuntu.

> I've got, and configure something that will fit on a USB drive for booting.  
> All the media is stored on a server which runs Freevo Record & Webservers.
> 
> I've got a few Freevo specific questions on this topic...
> 
> Can the Freevo vfs cache directory be kept on an NFS mount?
> 
> If so, is if possible to share the vfs cache between front-ends?  I have two 
> front-ends which are off when not in use, so it'd be nice if the server could 
> maintain the cache, and the two front ends just make use of it.  Would there 
> be any issues with concurrent access?
> 
> Can the Freevo logs/log directory be stored on an NFS mount?
> 
> Are there any Freevo processes which require RW access to certain files or 
> file systems?  I'm guessing the new webserver config tool will require RW to 
> the /etc/freevo directory, so I could make a writable /etc/ partition on the 
> flash drive (since it wouldn't be written to very often).  Anything else?
> 
> Any other tips or comments?
> 
> FYI, I'm using an Antec Fusion 430 Black case, with Codeka's LIRC/lcdproc 
> patches for the integrated iMon Soundgraph LCD/IR.
> http://codeka.com/blogs/index.php?cat=30
> 
> I had to re-record the MCE remote to create a new lircd.conf, since the 
> standard configs that ship with LIRC didn't work for me (the receiver seems 
> to output them differently from the standard MCE USB receiver.  Freevo's LCD 
> plugin works with it through the patched lcdproc.
> 
> Thanks for your time!
> 
> /Mike
> 
> 
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