[mythtv-users] Need (suggestions for) lean mythfrontend

Johan johan.vanderkolk at dommel.be
Mon Jul 7 18:48:22 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 14:05 +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Johan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 14:27 -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
> >>
> >> However, if you want to give it a try, then you might try using MiniMyth 
> >> <http://minimyth.org>. The binary version of MiniMyth is compiled for a 
> >> pentium-mmx and is optimized for a processor with a small cache. In 
> >> addition, if you are willing to compile MiniMyth yourself, then you can 
> >> compile it for the VIA Nehemiah processor. In either case, all software, 
> >> not just the kernel and MythTV, is compiled with the particular 
> >> optimizations.
> > 
> > I'm running a self-compiled SVN version of myth on the backend, so
> > compiling would not be a problem neither would building a kernel (well
> > I've done it before, not a guarantee for future success), minimyth I did
> > check, but that boots from USB only as far as I could see. I'll give it
> > a second look.
> > 
> Nope. Minimyth supports a number of different boot methods. I'm netbooting 
> Minimyth on my EPIA-LN10000 (with NFS root; running entirely from RAM is also 
> possible). Compact Flash is another method which is well-used.
> 

Admit, first look was not thorough. It offers several boot options
including local disk (whether that is a HD or a flash, I misinterpreted
that), and is optimised for processors like the C7. So that will be my
first try. Then find out how many services I can switch off.




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