Linux XBMC on 2GB HDD
#1
Best regards. I have a mini computer Dell FX160 with 2GB Flash memory. Is it possible to install an OS and XBMC on it?

Thank you.
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#2
Openelec will fit on that, but you're not going to have much space for fan art, plugins etc. I'd look at using a USB thumb drive to supplement the 2gb hdd
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#3
(2013-06-13, 17:03)teeedubb Wrote: Openelec will fit on that, but you're not going to have much space for fan art, plugins etc. I'd look at using a USB thumb drive to supplement the 2gb hdd

I tried Openelec, but to no avail. Dell OPTIPLEX FX160 incorporates SIS media GPU
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#4
The FX160 has a 2.5" bay in addition to it's NVRAM storage. Why not just put a real HDD in it?

With that said, how useful can that be? Looking at the specs, it only has a DX9 capable graphics chip, that excludes all hardware accelerated video options, doesn't it? Asside from that' it's just a dual 1.6ghz Atom, which in any stable version of XBMC only means single threaded video decoding. Even with an alpha with multithreading, it's not a very powerful CPU for CPU only video decoding.
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#5
(2013-06-14, 04:41)DJ_Izumi Wrote: The FX160 has a 2.5" bay in addition to it's NVRAM storage. Why not just put a real HDD in it?

With that said, how useful can that be? Looking at the specs, it only has a DX9 capable graphics chip, that excludes all hardware accelerated video options, doesn't it? Asside from that' it's just a dual 1.6ghz Atom, which in any stable version of XBMC only means single threaded video decoding. Even with an alpha with multithreading, it's not a very powerful CPU for CPU only video decoding.

Thank you for all the useful information.
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#6
Just wondering how you got on with this?
I've just been given one as a project and wondering if its worth the hassle, will it stream films?
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#7
Looks like you could put a chrystal HD card in that thing to get it to play hd video. You would lose wifi.
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#8
Unfortunately not, it's locked down to wifi aparently.
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