On Wed, 2005-09-02 at 17:49 +0000, Dave Ansell wrote: > Hi, > > Appologies this is a repost, I accidentally posted the original inside a > different message thread. > > I have just finished getting my MythTV backend up and running after a > fair bit of trouble with my DVB-T card (the new Hauppauge Nova-T). > > I now want to move on to the next stage which is to build the front end. > I want this to be diskless and boot over the network. > > I would be very interested in any recomendations for Linux distros / > boot methods to achieve this with minimum hassle. Preferably I dont > even want to use floppy, flash, etc to boot the the frontend, just boot > over network (PXE or whatever). > > At the moment I am thinking Knoppix served via Knoppix terminal > services either on the backend or another Linux host (which I also have > available). > > Any other recommendations greatly received!
I noticed somewhere while searching on converting an Xbox to be a frontend. I think this is a sweet idea as the hardware is cheap. Here is the link. http://bit.blkbk.com All you need to control it is the DVD remote for the Xbox. You can ssh in from your lan to set up other things. -=/>Thom
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