Help a noob plan their first HTPC!

magpieswarble · 2012-04-04 07:57

The only flash drives I have are 2gigs.. ugh.

What if I partition off a small part of my external hard drive (less than 32 gigs) in FAT32 and create the boot off that partition instead of the entire 1 gig external?

eskro · 2012-04-04 08:00

worth a shot.
if not, go get a flash drive tomorrow...
their cheap

magpieswarble · 2012-04-04 08:12

Found a 4 gig USB stick (thank you roommate)

Immediately detected by WinToBootic, formatting and extracting ISO now. Sheeshh.

eskro · 2012-04-04 08:16

FTW!!!

keep us up2date

magpieswarble · 2012-04-04 08:18

Thanks guys. You two are heros.

magpieswarble · 2012-04-04 10:17

And 6 hours later... we're up and running.

Rofl

Got the drivers all installed so we're looking good.

Next time:

Put the actual case all back together
Set up XBMC
Set up automatic usenet downloading
Figure out a good remote for XBMC

*yawn*

Good night everyone. Thanks again for all of your help!

eskro · 2012-04-04 10:21

FTW!!

magpieswarble · 2012-04-04 20:53

Just an 'in advance' dumb question before I work again on my HTPC tonight:

If I have Sabnzbd, Couchpotato, Sickbeard all installed on my HTPC, can I access the same set up on my MacBook Pro and tweak things from my Mac and it will be updated on my HTPC.

For example, changing settings on Sabznbd or adding a show on Sickbeard, will it all be linked to my Usenet setup on the HTPC? That way, I don't necessarily have to exit XBMC and do that from my HTPC directly but I can do it remotely from my MacBook Pro?

Kirky99 · 2012-04-04 22:13

If I understand the question, yeah... Those programs are web sites on your HTPC, so changes you make from anywhere on your network happen on the HTPC.

You may need to allow those through any firewall you may be running on the HTPC and possibly configure them to respond to the IP of your HTPC instead of localhost, but yeah, you should be good to go.

Sickbeard even has an addon for XBMC as well as SabNZBD+

bluray · 2012-04-04 22:29

(2012-04-04 10:17)magpieswarble Wrote: And 6 hours later... we're up and running.

Good job and congratulation! Hard work will always prevail...... Nod

magpieswarble Junior Member Posts: 41 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-04 07:57 Post: #41 The only flash drives I have are 2gigs.. ugh. What if I partition off a small part of my external hard drive (less than 32 gigs) in FAT32 and create the boot off that partition instead of the entire 1 gig external?
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eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,235 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 156	2012-04-04 08:00 Post: #42 worth a shot. if not, go get a flash drive tomorrow... their cheap My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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magpieswarble Junior Member Posts: 41 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-04 08:12 Post: #43 Found a 4 gig USB stick (thank you roommate) Immediately detected by WinToBootic, formatting and extracting ISO now. Sheeshh.
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eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,235 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 156	2012-04-04 08:16 Post: #44 FTW!!! keep us up2date My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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magpieswarble Junior Member Posts: 41 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-04 08:18 Post: #45 Thanks guys. You two are heros.
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eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,235 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 156	2012-04-04 10:21 Post: #47 FTW!! My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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bluray Posting Freak Posts: 7,575 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 139	2012-04-04 22:29 Post: #50 (2012-04-04 10:17)magpieswarble Wrote: And 6 hours later... we're up and running. Good job and congratulation! Hard work will always prevail...... >Alienware X51- do it all HTPC >Simplify XBMC configurations >HOW-TO Bitstreaming using XBMC I refused to watch movie without bitstreaming HD audio!
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