[ubuntu-mythtv] Mythbuntu Lite?

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, September 25, 2007 4:28 am, Björn Lundin wrote:
> On Monday 24 September 2007 01:04:19 Jonathan Rogers wrote:
>
>>Swapping on flash might kill it faster than a /tmp or /var filesystem.
>
> Ok, no swap, and hope memory is enough
>
>>The most often changing files will
>> probably be /var/log, so you might want to eliminate most or all of
>> that. Instead of having syslogd write to files in /var/log, just point
>> it at another syslogd on the network. That's what I do on my WRT54G
>> running OpenWRT from its internal flash storage. There probably aren't
>> very frequent changes on /var outside of /var/log.
>
> Ok, did not know one could redirect the logging output. I'll look into
> syslogd. Are you saying that everything, or at least the major part, of
> what
> is written into /var/log, is written via syslogd? I mean, that is the only
> process I need to look into?
>
>
>> Another thing to consider instead of CF storage is booting over the
>> network and using a fileserver for all filesystems, probably NFS.
>> Since the machine functions as a mythfrontend, it can't do anything
>> independent of the network anyway, right? Putting the entire
>> configuration on a network server allows you to control everything there
>> and avoid using any CF.
>
> Hmm, yes. But then I still need a harddrive? I'm also a bit hesitant due
> to
> how long it will take to boot over the network. I got a 100Mb network, but
> is
> that fast enough for acceptable boot times. But getting rid of the
> harddrive
> is my primary goal.
>

Actually this leads me to some thoughts i've had on a Mythbuntu lite for
flash drives and frontends etc.

Ideally would run off a 1Gb Flash drive and just be a front end. Most
logging turned off to preserve the life of the flash drive, plus noatime
etc.

Next is the choice of file system to have the best integrity on a flash
drive, any ideas?

Steve

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