[vdr] Re: Some hardware-questions

["Rene Hertell" <linuxtv@hertell.com>]

> Originally it was a small Floppy-Distro (3 MB) that i have build up with
> the needed libraries and software. The 48 MB are not full (~40MB) but
> i'm too lazy to resize the image everytime i change something. I have
> build a development tree for myself that i can recompile easily if i
> change something. This will rebuild all software components and sets
> optimisations for the used processor in the make process.
>
> Also there is an init script, that checks the dvd drive for an new
> version and copies it to the CF card and reboots the system.
>
> And it stores changed configurations back to the CF card so it can be
> restored after the next boot up. This only happens, if the system makes
> a shutdown via software. If the power fails, the changed config is lost...
>
> But it needs some improvements...
> It is to slow on boot. From power on to ready system (vdr accepts input)
> it needs 35-40 seconds. ~10 seconds are for the BIOS, the rest is
> loading the image (~5 sek) and init. Perhaps i need a faster CF card.

Hi Oliver,

This setup is more or less what I've been planning to build. I will also
check out the Linux-bios, and maybe try to get into that project. It would
be nice to see If I could somehow help to contribute something to make it
work with the Epia-m :)

Regarding the slow bootup-time, I think that I'll try to test it withy a
fast CF card...


I'm sooo exited that I can't wait for my hardware to arrive :-)

René



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