Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Davide Lucchesi
On Tuesday 08 January 2008 15:50:40 John Molohan wrote: > Yeah when there's a bit more info up there I'll include piren on > freevo.org under the live distros. Thanks John, if you need more information other than the details provided with my last reply, please ask. //Davide -

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Davide Lucchesi
On Tuesday 08 January 2008 15:22:33 Michael Brown wrote: > I just looked at your site. I think I'll give it a try when I get a bit of > time. I'll play with it in vmware first, and then set up a flash drive I > can live-boot from. I'm preferential to Debian-based distros, so I'll > definitely gi

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Brown
Chris Thomas gmail.com> writes: > > I'm running Freevo from a 1GB compact flash card. I have an epia > me6000 that runs Debian. The epia has mpeg decoding, which is very > nice. I nfs mount the freevo cache, freevo log and my media for > playback. I've also disabled most of the logging to save o

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Thomas
I'm running Freevo from a 1GB compact flash card. I have an epia me6000 that runs Debian. The epia has mpeg decoding, which is very nice. I nfs mount the freevo cache, freevo log and my media for playback. I've also disabled most of the logging to save on writes. The cf card hasn't failed in 3 year

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread John Molohan
Michael Brown wrote: > Davide Lucchesi lucchesi.eu.org> writes: > >> Yes, but just for fun. As you maybe already know if read the the list >> in the past few days, I'm working on a lightweight Freevo based live >> distribution supposed to be used from an (even small size) flash drive >> o

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Brown
Duncan Webb freevo.org> writes: > > Can the Freevo vfs cache directory be kept on an NFS mount? > > Don't see why not, there is a configuration option for no-cache which you > may use with a diskless workstation. Ok, I'll try the NFS mount approach in conjunction with testing Davide's piren HT

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Brown
Davide Lucchesi lucchesi.eu.org> writes: > > Yes, but just for fun. As you maybe already know if read the the list > in the past few days, I'm working on a lightweight Freevo based live > distribution supposed to be used from an (even small size) flash drive > or read only media (http://www

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-08 Thread Davide Lucchesi
Quoting Michael Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Folks! > > Curious if anyone has done a disk-less or flash-based Freevo > strictly for viewing materials. Yes, but just for fun. As you maybe already know if read the the list in the past few days, I'm working on a lightweight Freevo based live

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-07 Thread Duncan Webb
> Hi Folks! > > Curious if anyone has done a disk-less or flash-based Freevo strictly for > viewing materials. I just finished building a new Freevo box today for > our Bedroom, and the hard disk whine is already getting annoying (it's an > older re-purposed 30GB drive I had kicking around). To q

Re: [Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-07 Thread hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)
Michael Brown wrote: > Hi Folks! > > Curious if anyone has done a disk-less or flash-based Freevo strictly for > viewing materials. I just finished building a new Freevo box today for our > Bedroom, and the hard disk whine is already getting annoying (it's an older > re-purposed 30GB drive I h

[Freevo-users] Flash-based (or Diskless) Freevo Frontends...

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Brown
Hi Folks! Curious if anyone has done a disk-less or flash-based Freevo strictly for viewing materials. I just finished building a new Freevo box today for our Bedroom, and the hard disk whine is already getting annoying (it's an older re-purposed 30GB drive I had kicking around). To quiet it