Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? Not all of my frontends can PXE, so that's why I just wanted to boot off the 6GB drive and go on from there. ___ mythtv-users mailing list

RE: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread mythtv-users
Brad wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:11:22PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: It'd sure be nice if there was a way for a mythfrontend to discover all the settings needed on a network. Something like Rendevous/ZeroConf/UPnP. Does anyone who runs KnoppMyth in this way know what all

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:28:34PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: Brad Templeton wrote: On my home network, behind firewalls, I have none of these security concerns. If it is just the address of the DB server, it shouldn't be hard to do Zeroconf or even a simple broadcast as you suggest. I'll

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 08:36:43AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Better than that why not do it by MAC address recognition, first time a machine pops up the backend asks if you want to allow it, if you say yes that MAC/IP is stored. Next time it pops up it will go oh yes I grant access to

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread Matt Mossholder
Now, as a security consultant, I don't know if I would go that far. Firewalls still serve the same purpose they always have: To prevent the bulk of attacks originating on the outside of the firewall, by limiting what traffic is permitted to pass between networks. However, a good security

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 08:10:16AM -0700, Adam Felson wrote: Why would you have to worry so about security on your LAN? Are you worries somebody is going to break into your house, connect physically to lan, and spoof a mythbox and watch tv? :-p Some attacks I can imagine: a) Somebody,

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-07 Thread Lee Lists
I boot /root from an USB key and then mount /usr via nfs so I have no drive on my frontend. Robert Kulagowski a écrit : I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a MediaMVP and my frontends. What

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-06 Thread Ryan A. Carris
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:57:41 -0600, Robert Kulagowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a MediaMVP and my frontends. What I'd like to do is take my existing

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-06 Thread stan
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:28:14PM -0600, Ryan A. Carris wrote: On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:57:41 -0600, Robert Kulagowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-06 Thread Kevin Kuphal
stan wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:28:14PM -0600, Ryan A. Carris wrote: On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:57:41 -0600, Robert Kulagowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-06 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:11:22PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: It'd sure be nice if there was a way for a mythfrontend to discover all the settings needed on a network. Something like Rendevous/ZeroConf/UPnP. Does anyone who runs KnoppMyth in this way know what all the settings are that

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-05 Thread Robert Rozman
Hi, how about this one ? http://www.myltsptv.org/de/ HTH, Regards, Rob. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-05 Thread Robert Rozman
Hi, - Original Message - From: Paul Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend? On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 17:58 -0500, stan wrote

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Bender
On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 21:41 +0100, Robert Rozman wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Paul Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] Originally, I booted the MiniMyth image from www.linpvr.org. However, since I wanted to upgrade some of the software, I decided to roll my own build system

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-05 Thread William Lott
Robert Rozman wrote: How are you satisfied with me6000 performance. I'm deciding whether to purchase it for frontend only. I'd give it a thumbs down. Took me a week of playing around to get the thing running at all (compile your own kernel with patches from random places, compile your own X

[mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a MediaMVP and my frontends. What I'd like to do is take my existing frontends (one a Debian unstable, one a FC2) and set them up as semi-diskless; boot off

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Robert Kulagowski wrote: I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a MediaMVP and my frontends. What I'd like to do is take my existing frontends (one a Debian unstable, one a FC2) and set them up

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread john roberts
I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? Is it the boot-up time you're concerned about? -John -- ___ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread stan
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:35:21PM -0500, john roberts wrote: I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? Is it the boot-up time you're concerned about? Have you made a diksless frontend work? If os, have you any

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread Rudy Zijlstra
stan wrote: On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:35:21PM -0500, john roberts wrote: I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? Is it the boot-up time you're concerned about? Have you made a diksless frontend work? If os, have

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 07:44:03PM -0400, Mark J. Small wrote: On January 4, 2005 06:58 pm, stan wrote: On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:35:21PM -0500, john roberts wrote: I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? Is

Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a semi-diskless frontend?

2005-01-04 Thread Nate Carlson
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Robert Kulagowski wrote: I'm not really interested in a complete diskless system, and the various HOWTO's that I've seen pretty much revolve around netbooting / PXE. Why not? You can get cheap Intel or 3com NIC's with bootrom's for $10 or so, and do a PXE boot. That way, no