[mythtv-users] XBox with root via NFS?

[Ben Dash]

Good plan!  It would be very annoying to take the time
to replace the fan only to find that it was actually
the HDD that was making all the noise!

--- Victor <sphing at gmail.com> wrote:

> Shallax, gentoox developer, has a couple really good
> utilities to
> control the hardware, including a utility to quiet
> the fan down from 20%
> all the way to 100%... you could play with it and
> see if thats whats
> causing the noise. The fan is hands down the loudest
> component of the xbox.
> 
> Vic
> 
> Ben Dash wrote:
> 
> >I know that the fan on my old xBox fan is a little
> >noisy and eventually I'll replace it with a quieter
> >one, however, I had no idea that the hard drive was
> a
> >noise problem.  Obviously I can't hear anything
> above
> >the noise of the fan currently.  If the hard drive
> >becomes a problem I'll probably replace it with a
> >seagate barracuda since I've had good experiences
> with
> >them and find them to be completely silent.
> >
> >I already have the 128MB RAM thanks to
> >xboxrepairguide.com  and I was curious how well you
> >box was working with just the 64MB, or are you
> merely
> >talking about your future plans.
> >
> >--- chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:18:54AM -0800, Ben Dash
> >>wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm not sure what you'd gain by not using the
> hard
> >>>drive for swap, my swap file is just a 256MB file
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>on
> >>    
> >>
> >>>hda50.  The swap file doesn't effect the native
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>xBox
> >>    
> >>
> >>>functions.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>If I could use NFS for both root and swap (perhaps
> >>with the help of 
> >>additional installed RAM) then I could shut down
> the
> >>drive, gaining a 
> >>50-75% reduction in ambient noise.  The noise from
> >>the XBox isn't a 
> >>problem when playing games since they tend to be
> >>loud anyway, but it's 
> >>a real distraction when watching a relatively
> quiet
> >>recording.
> >>
> >>I figure having a slow swap would make navigating
> >>the menus painful and 
> >>would delay the start of the playback, but once
> I'm
> >>actually watching 
> >>TV I wouldn't expect to have a lot of paging going
> >>on.
> >>
> >>I was hoping someone on here would have already
> >>tried it and could tell 
> >>me that it definitely works or definitely doesn't
> >>work so I don't spend 
> >>a lot of (potentially wasted) time reinventing the
> >>wheel.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
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