) without having to regenerate the ISO and burn a CD. Indeed, the system can be seen a new drive on Windows or Linux and so, it can be easily modify to fit your needs (changing MPlayer's configuration file, supported remote, network configuration.
If you really like GeeXboX and uses it frequently, it could be a really good idea to install it on a hard disk. The multimedia files can be loaded and played from various sources such as CD, DVD, HDD, LAN or even Internet. It plays MPEG 1/2/4, Real Media, Windows Media, Ogg and Matroska and audio and network streams. When done, you might be able to boot GeeXboX from hard disk as any other system in a few times. It is a self-bootable Linux distribution based on the excellent Mplayer which assures that it can play (almost) any file that you throw at it. In other case, (it suppose that you already got an operating system), you can use your current bootloader (like GRUB or LILO for Linux or Windows 2k/XP boot manager) to add GeeXboX to your actual multiboot menu. If the hard disk is designed to be used with GeeXboX only (like USB keys or old small hard disks), say Yes to install the SysLinux bootloader.
A bootloader is a software that let you boot from a partition. Then, the installator ask you whether you want or not for a bootloader to be installed. Finish with Write and the Finish.Ĭonfirm the partition where you want the system to be install and format it. Then, choose the Type 06 (FAT16) with the provided menu. Use the arrows to go to some partition representing Free Space and hit the New button. When done, you'll get a cfdisk screen which will let you partitionnize your disk. The 'a' letter stands for the master IDE 0 device, 'b' for the slave IDE 0 device ('c' and 'd' are the same but for IDE 1 channel). Disks are named with Linux systems notation (hda, hdb, hdc, hdd). Just follow the instructions and choose the hard disk on which you want GeeXboX to be installed. The GeeXboX will now load on a menu for HDD install. At the IsoLinux prompt "boot:" (just before loading GeeXboX), just hit a key and type install. You can either do it from an existing GNU/Linux system or directly when booting the GeeXboX CDROM. Plesa note that you MUST use a primary partition (not logical) of less than 1 GB. All you need is a partition of at least 8 MB of disk storage (16 MB will be nice, so that you can add more codecs and backgrounds). You can install GeeXboX on a new disk or on an empty partition from your current disk.
Thanks to GeeXboX Installer we will be able to create all the boot units that we may require with GeeXboX, install it as an alternative system on our PC or take it with us on our USB pendrive to enjoy all its multimedia power on any computer.With GeeXboX 0.90-4, you're now able to quickly and easily install the system on any IDE hard disk or USB keys (check that your motherboard's BIOS support boot from USB-HDD). All you need is to have a computer with x86 architecture or PowerPC, you don't even need a hard drive, because the entire system loads in the memory.
It hardly requires any resources, taking full advantage of all the computer's power. GeeXboX 3.1 kommt mit einer einfach zu bedienenden Oberfläche auf Basis des X-Servers 1.14.1 und Mesa 9.2.2 und macht es Anwendern mit ConnMan 1.9 leicht, ihren Media-Center-PC in bestehende Netze zu integrieren.
Als Init-System wird Systemd eingesetzt, die grundlegenden Werkzeuge liefert BusyBox 1.21.1. It doesn't require any additional software. Der Linux-Kernel wird jetzt in Version 3.10.9 genutzt. Man biete mit 2. Die Entwickler entschuldigen sich, dass bei Version 2.x einige Funktionen aus 1.x nicht übernommen werden konnten.
GeeXboX 2.0 hat den Codenamen Love It or Shove It. The advantages of this system, as opposed to other Multimedia Centers, are enormous. Das ist eine neue große Version der Linux-Distribution, die mit dem Ziel Mutlimedia-Center entwickelt wird. What is GeeXboX? It is a small ope rating system based on Linux, that works as an excellent Multimedia Center. All we have to do is indicate where the ISO with GeeXboX is, choose our option and follow the instructions. GeeXboX Installer is a useful tool that will allow us to install the GeeXboX multimedia center on a USB device, in a free partition of our hard drive or in the Windows boot partition to create a multi-boot option.