DBox 2 with Neutrino

[Heiermann]

Hi,

in the first Wiki-Section "Recommended hardware" I found my DBox 2 - Settop-Box with Neutrino running on it.
How is this device integrated in a Linux MCE - Installation ?
Is it possible to remote-control it via an Orbiter ?

-Heiko

[sharlee_angelo]

you can only setup DBox 2 as a media director. to do this, you have to have option for network boot and a network card.

[Heiermann]

you can only setup DBox 2 as a media director. to do this, you have to have option for network boot and a network card.

Hi,
the DBox has a built-in Network-Adapter. And running with Neutrino there is a built-in Bootoption via Network. The first thing the DBox does is sending a RARP-Request to get an IP-Adress. Next the DBOX sends an BootP-Request to connect to a Boot-Server.
If there is a Boot-File, the DBox can load it via tftp.
Is there a Boot-File for the DBox-Media-Director available ?

-Heiko

[sharlee_angelo]

yes there is in linuxmce. but it will be very interesting to see if the kernel image is good enough to recognize all the hardware.

[Heiermann]

but it will be very interesting to see if the kernel image is good enough to recognize all the hardware.

Hi,
I really do not believe that there is a boot-image for the DBox-2 included in LMCE.
Currently I am running my DBox with a Yadi-Imgage (www.yadi.org). I have a harddisk built in, so the image needs to support IDE-Drives. Since I can remote-control the DBox via Ethernet, it would be a great solution if I could use the DBox to record MPEG-2 and stream TV to the Media-Director.

-Heiko

[sharlee_angelo]

usually, this kind of devices are using patched kernels with some extra modules. but you can use the image form linuxmce just for test.

[steviebee_uk]

Hello guys, I am planning to build a core system soon and noticed that it may be possible to use a dbox 2 as a MD. This would be ideal for me as I have 1 sitting spare. Was wondering if there was any update on progress made with this and if it is still possible to do?

Thanks

Stephen