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Iomega Screenplay DX & MX
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11-07-2011 8:03am#1
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Have you tried something other than XMBC i.e. Boxee or other media software?
No, in fact I haven't even considered the possibility would you believe.
I tried Easeus PM on the drive and all it brought up was the one single partition, so I remain in the dark as to how the stock software is loaded on there. I've never used EPM before so perhaps there's some advanced parts of it that can see more in depth stuff?
Are you still planning to have a look on there to get an opinion on it? That would be cool
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If the drives are wiped completely, there is no separate OS required on the machine. There is a build of XBMC called XBMCbuntu which is (as far as I can gather) essentially a Linux distro that has been fiddled to run a version of XBMC that has been designed for the likes of external HDs and media players like the DX. You burn a bootable ISO and install it on the drive.
A good potential workaround if you could boot the DX from the USB indeed, but I don't think that's an option AFAICS. At least I've never seen it on the GUI.
Must look into Boxee or similar. I got sidetracked totally by XBMC when I installed it on the laptop that my world revolved around it for a while, not thinking that there might many alternatives out there!
Either way though, the stock software seems to remain on the box somehow!
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To be honest my plan was to have a look at it over the course of the past two weekends but unfortunately the sauce has gotten me on both occasions :pac:
I've done some looking into it there and it doesn't seem possible to get rid of the software that's on it.
For now I'd like to try the idea of installing an OS on a USB and setting it to autorun boxee etc. upon booting.
That mightn't be possible for all I know - first thing that springs to mind is how do I set the Media player to boot to USB rather than the partition holding the in-built software.
I've bookmarked some articles that I've come across but I won't get around to properly reading them until tomorrow I'd say in case somebody wants to take a look:
Link 1: This is a very long and detailed run through changes to the iomega - that said - you can see from the length of time the user has spent working on it and documenting it that you could potentially be opening a can of worms.
Either way - there are links to the next articles at the bottom - he keeps updating it but it does look like somewhat heavy reading so I'll need some time to properly look at it (work is busy atm
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Link 2: This is more of a run through how to modify the existing setup on it rather than an overhaul - some nice tips in it - especially with regard to the Winamp playlists - Audio is something I haven't used the Screenplay for enough.0 -
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The root (admin) password is usually kept in the /etc/shadow file.
It has a form something like this
root:$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlXHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:15577
99999::
From a LiveCD of Linux, logged in as root user, the file can be opened, the string
"$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlyHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:13577"
can be deleted so the line looks like this
root::15577:-1:99999:-1:::
Save the file.
The root user of that OS now has a blank password, so one can easily log in as root user and while in, change the password (maybe using the passwd command) to whatever one wishes.
The reason for the above is that on a quick read of the 'Link 1' it seemed he had a problem with permissions because he didn't have the root password.0 -
Johnboy1951 wrote: »The root (admin) password is usually kept in the /etc/shadow file.
It has a form something like this
root:$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlXHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:1557799999::
From a LiveCD of Linux, logged in as root user, the file can be opened, the string
"$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlyHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:13577"
can be deleted so the line looks like this
root::15577:-1:99999:-1:::
Save the file.
The root user of that OS now has a blank password, so one can easily log in as root user and while in, change the password (maybe using the passwd command) to whatever one wishes.
The reason for the above is that on a quick read of the 'Link 1' it seemed he had a problem with permissions because he didn't have the root password.
Nice work. This is turning into a hack club. I cannot contribute much to this technical malarkey, so, I guess I'll make the tea...
Watching with anticipation!
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Well....I guess it's time I gave linux a proper crack of the whip!Johnboy1951 wrote: »The root (admin) password is usually kept in the /etc/shadow file.
It has a form something like this
root:$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlXHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:1557799999::
From a LiveCD of Linux, logged in as root user, the file can be opened, the string
"$1$FHzvp0Im$IBqlyHNloWovE4eOPqZ1v0:13577"
can be deleted so the line looks like this
root::15577:-1:99999:-1:::
Save the file.
The root user of that OS now has a blank password, so one can easily log in as root user and while in, change the password (maybe using the passwd command) to whatever one wishes.
The reason for the above is that on a quick read of the 'Link 1' it seemed he had a problem with permissions because he didn't have the root password.
I'll pretty much be doing this blind as I've zero experience on linux/shell etc.
Hopefully at Christmas I'll give this a lash as I'm hoping to format my laptop and fire a linux distro on it - any suggestions as per which version to use or does it matter atall JohnBoy? - I'd imagine it won't make a difference atall!0 -
Well....I guess it's time I gave linux a proper crack of the whip!
I'll pretty much be doing this blind as I've zero experience on linux/shell etc.
Hopefully at Christmas I'll give this a lash as I'm hoping to format my laptop and fire a linux distro on it - any suggestions as per which version to use or does it matter atall JohnBoy? - I'd imagine it won't make a difference atall!
Yes there are differences between the distros, and you really need to try to define what you want from the OS in the medium term to try to evaluate which to choose.
The other major consideration in the beginning is the hardware you will use.
All distros I have tried will have the needed utilities and applications etc that one might want to use in this situation - if not already installed, then with a couple of clicks can be installed from that distros repository of software.
I would suggest, before you think of installing anything, that you should download several distro ISOs, run them 'live' on the hardware to find out
1. Do you feel relatively comfortable in the environment despite it being different to what you are used to (and I don't mean its looks/colours/wallpaper which are all easily changeable)
2. Does the OS seem to 'play nice' with your hardware. There will be likely some minor problems, but so long as they are minor they should not put you off that distro. My advice there would be to use the distros own forum, search for similar problems posted by others, and see if the solution is easy to implement. If so then it is minor.
Distros I suggest you test are
Linux Mint
PCLinuxOS (latest torrent downloads are here http://terasaur.org/search?query=pclinuxos )
Mepis
Mageia 2
If the PC is old you would be advised to choose a light weight desktop environment --- the visual desktop environment itself is separated from the underlying OS and can be changed ... distros normally have ISOs of two or three DEs or make it easy to change once installed.
For instance LXDE is lightweight and fast but you would not have all the 'bling' of KDE DE.
You really, IMO, need to try out a few and see how YOU feel about each.
The biggest challenge is choice .... in everything related to Linux
You make the decisions all the way through.
I guess that is why it is perceived as 'harder' than an OS which makes most of the decisions for you. It is empowering though
A word of warning ..... don't expect it to be 'another Windows'. It is not.
Like modes of transport which are designed for one purpose --- riding a motorcycle is not the same as driving a car or using a pedal bike.
You will need to get used to a different way of doing things to get the same result.
Sorry for the waffle!
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