[mythtv-users] What's the best HD frontend only hardware?

Mark fairlane at springcom.com
Sat Mar 1 02:38:07 UTC 2008


Mike Isely wrote:
>
> Since the root file system is set up to be read-only, the two FEs 
> actually share the same physical root file system.  They are 
> differentiated through custom configuration stanzas in the DHCP server.  
> In theory I can add another diskless front end just by dropping some 
> bits of configuration in a few key places.  It's been an interesting 
> exercise.  I only just finally put this all together in the past week; 
> it's what I've had in mind all along.
>
>   -Mike
>
>
>   
Care to share your config files?  I want to do exactly what you've done 
with my new HD front ends, but haven't worked
it all out yet.  I'm going to be running my backend on my main server 
and there's no reason not to go diskless on the frontends...


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list