Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
On 4/25/05, Todd French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't done this with myth, but I have done it with linux, booting > from floppy. It was like a year and half ago, so I don't remember all > the details, but check out the LTSP project, they have stuff to > netboot wireless clients for use as thinclients, but I don't see why > you couldn't adapt some of that to your purposes. > > Todd Actually LTSP looks like I would work great off a compact flash to get the image loaded from a server wirelessly. The problem with wireless is there no PROM on any that I've seen for putting a network bootloader on (thats essentially what PXE is). I may be giving this a shot when I get my EPIA in and just change the target image to be an autoloading mythfrontend with mfd. -- Thanks, Devan Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
I haven't done this with myth, but I have done it with linux, booting from floppy. It was like a year and half ago, so I don't remember all the details, but check out the LTSP project, they have stuff to netboot wireless clients for use as thinclients, but I don't see why you couldn't adapt some of that to your purposes. Todd On 4/24/05, Moasat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Devan Lippman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless > > > > Another option I've been toying with is creating a small > > bootloader on a CF that would bring up the wireless and load > > the network image. > > Thats a lot of work, but it'd be pretty cool. Especially > > with the prospects of mfd. > > > > Devan > > > > I've been trying to figure out Etherboot. I understand that I could > probably boot from a floppy and load the wireless adapter's drivers, then > boot from DHCP/BOOTP but I can't find a wireless adapter that is supported > by Etherboot. > > Have you found such an adapter? > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
On 4/24/05, Moasat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Devan Lippman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless > > > > Another option I've been toying with is creating a small > > bootloader on a CF that would bring up the wireless and load > > the network image. > > Thats a lot of work, but it'd be pretty cool. Especially > > with the prospects of mfd. > > > > Devan > > > > I've been trying to figure out Etherboot. I understand that I could > probably boot from a floppy and load the wireless adapter's drivers, then > boot from DHCP/BOOTP but I can't find a wireless adapter that is supported > by Etherboot. > > Have you found such an adapter? > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > No, you'd have to do it in software. -- Thanks, Devan Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
> -Original Message- > From: Devan Lippman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless > > Another option I've been toying with is creating a small > bootloader on a CF that would bring up the wireless and load > the network image. > Thats a lot of work, but it'd be pretty cool. Especially > with the prospects of mfd. > > Devan > I've been trying to figure out Etherboot. I understand that I could probably boot from a floppy and load the wireless adapter's drivers, then boot from DHCP/BOOTP but I can't find a wireless adapter that is supported by Etherboot. Have you found such an adapter? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
On 4/24/05, Moasat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone has successfully set up a wireless and > diskless system. I guess I'm finding that almost all wireless adapters > don't have PXE abilities and since it would require the authentication > credentials to be stored on the card itself, its not likely to be cheap. > > Has anyone done this cheaply? I'd like to be able to run wireless/diskless > Gentoo frontends. Another option I've been toying with is creating a small bootloader on a CF that would bring up the wireless and load the network image. Thats a lot of work, but it'd be pretty cool. Especially with the prospects of mfd. Devan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless/Wireless
On 4/24/05, Moasat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone has successfully set up a wireless and > diskless system. I guess I'm finding that almost all wireless adapters > don't have PXE abilities and since it would require the authentication > credentials to be stored on the card itself, its not likely to be cheap. > > Has anyone done this cheaply? I'd like to be able to run wireless/diskless > Gentoo frontends. > > Thanks, > > Moasat You could get a wireless bridge. Something like the Linksys WET54GS5 should work fine with what you want to do. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
