[mythtv-users] Back-end Virtualization

[Zarthan South]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 5/11/2012 14:34, Simon Hobson wrote:
>
>> By all means point out alternative (for some situations) and pitfalls,
>> but please stop telling people they are wrong because they don't agree
>> with you - for that is how you are coming across.
>>
>
> Gentoo packages their base install as a "stage 3" tarball.  It's a fully
> functioning system minus a few config files for startup.  Make a folder,
> download the tarball, unpack the tarball into the folder, and chroot into
> it running bash.  This is actually the standard install procedure.
>
> Build MythTV and dependencies using portage inside the chroot.  Mount your
> storage disks inside the chroot.  Mount instances of procfs and sysfs
> inside the chroot.  Mount your /dev folder inside the chroot.  All you have
> to do after that is instead of running `mythbackend`, you run `chroot
> /base/path mythbackend`.  All the convenience of a separate Gentoo
> installation, dedicated to MythTV, for ease of management, but none of the
> hardware access difficulties that come from a full virtual machine.
>
> Replace Gentoo with your distro of choice in the above.
>
> And that is a good and appropriate response and thank you.
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