[mythtv-users] MythTV and Gentoo 2006.0 on Beige G3

[Warren]

Chad wrote:
> On 4/10/06, Troy Goodson <Troy_Goodson at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'm starting the journey of installing Gentoo 2006.0 on my stock
>> Beige G3.  I'm writing my notes at
>>
>> <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_Beige_G3_PPC>
>>
>> I'm not a novice user, but I've never actually installed a linux
>> distro before.  Nor have I installed MythTV before.
>>
>> I'm interested in any comments or tips from the list. Also, feel free
>> to write comments or tips at <http://gentoo-wiki.com/
>> HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_Beige_G3_PPC>
>>
>> A few snippets:
>>
>> I really want a MythTV box, http://www.mythtv.org/, but I want to use
>> the hardware I have. I have a Rev. 3 Beige G3 with the stock
>> hardware.  I hope that I'll be able to use a pchdtv card <http://
>> www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html> in it.
>>
>>   The Plan
>>     1. read the Gentoo installation instructions for PPC - <http://
>> www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml>
>>     2. boot from Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD - I've done this!! :)
>>     3. read more of the Gentoo installation instructions
>>     4. refine my plan?
>>     5. install from Gentoo's Universal Installation CD
>>     6. install MythTV
>>     7. does it look like this will work?
>>     8. start over
>>
>>   Booting from Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD
>> ... got this to work!
>>
>> I've made partitions and next time I'm going to "create filesystems"
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>     
>
> Good Luck!  It might just be my pessimism stepping in, but I don't
> know that you'd really have enough horsepower to do much with that
> system.  Although you did seem to realize that and maybe you just want
> it as a cheap machine that holds your hardware mpeg cards and HDTV
> cards and just streams them to a drive that your myth boxes all
> access, in which case, it might work, and then the opener applies;
> Good Luck!  ;)  (Says the pessimist in me with a beige G3 sitting 3
> feet from my knees, untouched for about a good 2 years.)
>
> Chad
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Let me know how it goes too - I have a couple of blue&whites that are
being paperweights right now.

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