[LINUX] OpenELEC.tv Linux Distro on Apple TV - Success!

^tWiSt^ Wrote:PS: Why don't move this thread to the Apple Tv / Mac Specific support?

Glad you did!
I have caught bits and pieces of this but now am excited to hear it running on an ATV!
How does it load, by USB stick or?
Can't wait to take it for a test drive!

So the 260 beta Nvidia driver gives us audio over HDMI? I remember having to use 100 series that would only work with specific Linux kernels etc.

JDizzy Wrote:Glad you did!
I have caught bits and pieces of this but now am excited to hear it running on an ATV!
How does it load, by USB stick or?
Can't wait to take it for a test drive!

You can run it on an USB, on HDD using an USB to start it (besides old atv os) or instead of the atv os on hdd without USB... whatever suits you best.....

Quote:I have caught bits and pieces of this but now am excited to hear it running on an ATV!
How does it load, by USB stick or?
Can't wait to take it for a test drive!

I have it running on the HDD, the patchstick to boot up though.

Once the patchstick swaps to the HDD , it takes about 12seconds to load and to be fully operational.

Awesome.

live4ever Wrote:So the 260 beta Nvidia driver gives us audio over HDMI? I remember having to use 100 series that would only work with specific Linux kernels etc.

Where did you read that? I didn't see anyone confirm they had it working...

deraaij Wrote:You can run it on an USB, on HDD using an USB to start it (besides old atv os) or instead of the atv os on hdd without USB... whatever suits you best.....

Will OpenELEC claim the whole HD or can I tell it to install to a certain partition? I have a fully functional Arch Linux installation on it (but 1080p with CrystalHD is pretty wonky), I'd rather not have the whole setup wiped.

.:B:. Wrote:Will OpenELEC claim the whole HD or can I tell it to install to a certain partition? I have a fully functional Arch Linux installation on it (but 1080p with CrystalHD is pretty wonky), I'd rather not have the whole setup wiped.

No because it is very small you need at least 1GB. In the beginning I had it running besides the atv os and ubuntu.

You need two partitions: one of +/- 250mb and one of 750mb or more.

Not being a technical person, will your installer automatically setup the partitions needed to the HDD if wanting to install next to OSX?
If not, I guess the next best thing would be running off the stick but then you are limited by the size of the stick.
I think you said that using the stick, the image will take about 1GB, so if using a 8GB stick, you would have 7GB left to use?

JDizzy Wrote:Not being a technical person, will your installer automatically setup the partitions needed to the HDD if wanting to install next to OSX?
If not, I guess the next best thing would be running off the stick but then you are limited by the size of the stick.
I think you said that using the stick, the image will take about 1GB, so if using a 8GB stick, you would have 7GB left to use?

We will make a howto for partiotioning the hdd and maybe in some weeks an installer. if you use a 8gb stick you have 7.75GB left of which 512mb is used as a memory swap file.

Updating the kernel / xbmc once it is installed is super easy (auto or manually copying two files via default available samba share). Just something "not technical" users are looking for :-)

Hi,

JDizzy Wrote:Not being a technical person, will your installer automatically setup the partitions needed to the HDD if wanting to install next to OSX?
If not, I guess the next best thing would be running off the stick but then you are limited by the size of the stick.
I think you said that using the stick, the image will take about 1GB, so if using a 8GB stick, you would have 7GB left to use?

for the first releases we have no installer with ATV support. so there bill be an little howto to install manually. OpenELEC.tv for ATV is now around 85MB. but the ATV has only 256MB RAM included so we create an swapfile on first boot. The swapfile size will be 512MB. thats why 750MB minimum is recommended for the second partition (where the swapfile is) we need also some space for the XBMC Homefolder for creating database etc....

At this moment the first partition can be also 128MB, but we recommend a bit more space for further versions.

but in general you are right on an 8GB Stick you have a bit more then 7GB for your own use.

I'll see how this pans out before I make a Dharma image, but I am planning to make a small Windows app that lets you make a USB that either boots directly or restores the image to the internal HDD.

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