[mythtv-users] Myth and PC without hard disk

[buzzdat1 at attbi.com]

Yes, not only is it possible, but several people are actively doing this now.  

I'm working on a Linux distribution to make this process easier: the full frontend system fits on a 64 meg CF card with room to spare (and that's uncompressed <g>).  Check the mail list archives for "MythFE" (or other messages from me) for more details.  The distribution is currently in early alpha testing.

== Steve
> 
> Is it feasible and reasonable to build a MythTV PC without hard disk,
> but with a 100Mbit switched ethernet connection to a fileserver ?
> 
> Such PC would contain a flash RAM card (emulated harddisk), 128MB or
> larger, to boot into Linux as fast as possible, but it would mount
> storage from network, probably via SMB.
> 
> Why omit hard disk?
> 
> - save money (admittedly not much)
> - quiet operation (although current hard disks are very quiet)
> - save power (hard disk consumes some electricity)
> - less fragile (PC can be dropped)
> - less heat generated, (computer fan may rotate more slowly)
> 
> Why Flash?
> 
> - boot faster than with Boot ROM or PXE (true or false?)
> 
> I look for and solicit your comments and advice.
> 
> --
> Milos Prudek
> 
> 
> 
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