On 2/26/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 16:20 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Boot from a floppy or CD which is then unused after the system is up > > and running. Should be quite possible and 0db when you are up and > > running. > > > > If I had other forms of noise under as much control as you do then I'd > > use a 1394 drive for all my local hard drive requirements and place it > > in another room or a closet using a longer 1394 cable. I'd personalyl > > prefer that to any water cooled setup but to each his own. > > > > Maybe you can boot from a USB drive these days? Will BIOS on newer > > systems allow that? > > > > I like my Mac Mini as I can boot it from an external 1394 drive.. > > Boot from the network and record to an NFS mount. > > Lee I actually tried the boot from the network idea for my MythTV frontend only machines. Much easier said than done is what I would say today. Not so easy for lowly musician types as it might be for more IT literate folks. There is a lot of work to get the kernel on another box and to make your local machine find it. That said I wouldn't trust my network to so audio over a wireless connection to an NFS drive. I'd still opt for the 1394/USB drive in a box routine and just place it in a closet much like Jan did. - Mark
