Ol' Schoola wrote:
Epox 8RDA3+, 2500+ Mobile, 512 of 2700 DDR, GF4 MX 440, Hauppaugge PVR-350, Air2PC.
My goal today is to rebuild a FE/BE combined unit (to be seperated shortly down the road) from the ashes of a FC2 box which died a tragic and horrible death 10 days ago. It was a Soyo Dragon (SY-K7V) 1600+ which performed admirably over it's four year lifespan.
Observing a moment of silence.
KnoppMyth is designed to get a set-top box running in the quickest manner possible. This however doesn't mean one cannot learn from it. You can install it, remove the MythTV debs and compile CVS.
I was looking at Knoppmyth last night. That is quite the warehouse of howto's and whatnot but somehow I get the feeling I'm really not going to learn more of linux's intricacies by going that route.
I'm thinking more along the lines of LFS built up enough to bring in apt in order to get an easier start with CVS. I figure an initial Myth build on whatever is sitting in ATRPMs MythCVS and then pulling source in as needed. I know it won't be the easiest way to build a mythbox but I really, really need move on from linux newbie status and this seems like a way to do it.
In the very long run, I see a backend/NFS/SQL/apache server with those two capture cards and diskless frontend(s) capable of HD playback but that plan is for another day.
MythTV needs an SQL (MySQL) server in the short run...
Any thoughts from the community? I'm planning on documenting the path I take and the adventures sure to follow and this seems like a good time to get input from those much smarter and wiser than I. Believe me, I can use all the input y'all have to offer. Think of it this way - you can have a vote on how my new Myth box turns out!
-- Meatwad
"Santa, I need presents. I need a unicycle, a banana suit, and a banana hat to wear with the banana suit."
You really seem to be going about this in an odd manner. I can understand you desire to want to learn Linux. But it seems like you want a box to toy with as well. I really wouldn't recommend toying with your PVR once you have it setup.
Pick a distro, follow the available guides and setup your entertainment system. Get a used system and play with LFS. Once you feel you have a grasp of things, then you can rebuild you entertainment system if you so desire.
Just my 2 cents...
cesman
PS: Do you really get the honeys?! ;) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
