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Author:  laurensvh [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Can I get away with this partitioning scheme?
First hard disk is a very fast WD Raptor (74.6G). The second one is PATA and much bigger (320GB). I would obviously like to put everything that's static (knoppmyth stuff) on the first one, and my recordings on the second. So, /cache/cache goes on the first, /myth goes entirely on the second.

I understand that I have to do a manual install for this, but will Knoppmyth work with this 2 HD setup? Of course, I could always fix this by booting a normal knoppix, mounting, and editing fstab... Or perhaps this is even possible at installation (since knoppmyth still retains some of the basic knoppix functionality).

TIA
Author:  cesman [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:54 pm ]
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Yes, it would work. As of MythTV 0.19, there is no longer a need for the live ringbuffer. If you are using a release w/ 0.19, there is no /cache.
Author:  tjc [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:04 pm ]
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Sure KnoppMyth works fine with multiple disks. Since the basic install only takes about 5Gb plus ~1.5 x RAM for swap, you're going to have a bunch of otherwised unused space on that first drive you can put recordings on. I would highly recommend using the latest public release (R5B7) and setting up LVM.

The easiest thing to do is an automatic install to /dev/hda, then after the reboot and before entering the pasword for the second phase setup, switch to an alternate console and run (assuming you're using R5B7 and that /dev/hdb is a single big partition):
Code:
create_lvm.sh /dev/hda3 /dev/hdb1
Author:  laurensvh [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:54 am ]
Post subject: 
tjc wrote:
Sure KnoppMyth works fine with multiple disks. Since the basic install only takes about 5Gb plus ~1.5 x RAM for swap, you're going to have a bunch of otherwised unused space on that first drive you can put recordings on. I would highly recommend using the latest public release (R5B7) and setting up LVM.

The easiest thing to do is an automatic install to /dev/hda, then after the reboot and before entering the pasword for the second phase setup, switch to an alternate console and run (assuming you're using R5B7 and that /dev/hdb is a single big partition):
Code:
create_lvm.sh /dev/hda3 /dev/hdb1


That primary raptor disk is sata, so automagic installation isnt an option.
Author:  tjc [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:18 pm ]
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Even so I'd still look into LVM, 74Gb is ridiculous overkill for the root partition. ;-)
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