Got my foxconn nt 330i, now what?

steve1977 Wrote:Ok, was thinking about making a "clean" attempt. Formatting the harddisk and trying it all over to finally get the Foxconn HTPC working. 2 questions before I do that:

1) Is there any "live" version you have tested and which has worked out of the box? Any image somehwhere for download?

2) Do I need to dig my way though http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/xci/vi...p?f=11&t=2 and http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69753 or is there an easier way?

That's the million dollar question - which version to use!
I'm testing xbmcfreak maverick v2 and v3 right now, I'll post back my results...

Pondering Wrote:That's the million dollar question - which version to use!
I'm testing xbmcfreak maverick v2 and v3 right now, I'll post back my results...

Great to see someone else trying to achieve the same!!! Please keep me posted whether you succeed. Thanks!!!

Just for kicks I'm attempting to install your links, they don't seem to include Atheros ethernet drivers unless I missed it in the list (didn't auto-detect) - were you able to get past that step?

Pondering Wrote:Just for kicks I'm attempting to install your links, they don't seem to include Atheros ethernet drivers unless I missed it in the list (didn't auto-detect) - were you able to get past that step?

Actually, I only copied the links from Hannes' signature and haven't tried myself. I still hope that there is an easier way out there. Either with Win7 (preferred) or with an Ubuntu live image.

Well I have the Rosewill mce remote, so I tried the xbmcfreak-1000-maverick-v2.iso, made a USB boot, installed on the 330i. Network, the remote, sound, my dinovo edge all work out of the box - quite impressed.

Wireless I'm still at a loss but for now this will do.

Hannes and Pondering, below is my xbmc.log from my Win7 built. Any thoughts?

http://pastebin.com/TFG23cW9

I'm just learning linux to be honest, I only know what google's provided me! That's all greek to me sorry!

Got wireless working!!
I did
sudo apt-get update
then I followed http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/en/wifi-onder-li...figureren/
but changed:
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
and it worked for WPA2-Personal!

Just need to test the Standby feature after my TV shows finish adding and I should be in business!

Pondering Wrote:I'm just learning linux to be honest, I only know what google's provided me! That's all greek to me sorry!

Got wireless working!!
I did
sudo apt-get update
then I followed http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/en/wifi-onder-li...figureren/
but changed:
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
and it worked for WPA2-Personal!

Just need to test the Standby feature after my TV shows finish adding and I should be in business!

Ok, will give the image a "try" then. Can I run this off the USB stick or need to install to HD? What's the min and max size for the USB stick?

I used UNetBootin to make the image a bootage usb on a 8gb stick, I installed to the 32gb SSD I put in it.

Pondering Wrote:I used UNetBootin to make the image a bootage usb on a 8gb stick, I installed to the 32gb SSD I put in it.

I could also just run it off the 8GB stick directly, isnt it? For now, would love to keep Win7 on my SSD. Maybe, there will be a solution at a later point.