Point noted, so as time permits, I'll write up what I've done.
It will actually be useful for me, too, since I'd like to document my work
so that I can reproduce it when I need to. I've taken a couple of runs at
this over the past year before losing interest each time, and it's annoying
to restart and have to rediscover solutions to problems I solved and
forgot....
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Stygen <sty...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> I would love to see a howto in the wiki on setting up a CF based system.
>
> -J
>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:24:50 +0900, Adam Charrett <a...@dvbstreamer.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, February 23, 2009 7:18 pm, Roy Wood wrote:
> >> The HTPC I'm setting up is going to run primarily from a
> >> compact-flash/IDE drive. The OS (Ubuntu) will be installed to the
> >> CF/IDE drive, and all the movie, TV, music files will be on external
> >> drives.
> >>
> >> Given that the CF/IDE drive is limited in its available storage, I'd
> >> like to make sure Freevo writes as little data there as possible. So
> >> far, I've found the "OVERLAY_DIR" setting in local_conf.py, which
> >> sounds as if it controls where all the fxd files are stored. I'm not
> >> sure what else Freevo stores in /home/freevo, or how to redirect that
> >> (if possible).
> >>
> >> Anyone have any advice on what to look at to minimize writing to
> >> /home/freevo and anywhere else on the main file system? I know there
> >> are a couple of environment variables that are relevant, too-- is
> >> there a comprehensive list anywhere?
> >>
> >> Thanks...
> >>
> >
> > This is exactly the setup I've been using for several years now.
> > I have a 2GB CF card with Ubuntu on and a 400GB disk for movies and
> > livepause buffer. I've not had any problems with freevo writing too much
> > data and have left the overlay directory setting alone with out issue.
> >
> > The great advantage of having a system like this is you can get it
> > running
> > then take a disk image quickly and easily by putting the CF card into a
> > reader and dumping the entire disk to your main computer. This is
> > especially useful when you decided to upgrade/tinker and break something
> > :-) and then its just a matter of switching in a backup CF card or
> > reimaging the card from the working copy. As you can guess I've had to do
> > this on several occasions when I've tried to 'improve' the system ...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
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