> Sounds like it may be an issue with the mirrors not resolving
> correctly at the moment. When RC3 was released the other day,
> raspbmc.com was hit with a sudden and suspiciously well-timed DDoS
> attack. The solution has been to change hosts but there are still DNS
> issues, etc etc... It's a real shame, and I must say I feel very lucky
> I installed RC3 during a brief break in the initial DDoS :/

> The full image option sounds solid to me, but let me know if you
> continue to have problems and I can copy my working image and host it
> somewhere, minus any custom settings :)

> By the way, another tip re: serving media to raspbmc is that it seems
> to work smoothest when shares are mounted at boot via /etc/fstab,
> rather than browsing to them through the XBMC gui. At least that's
> been my experience with NFS shares and I find NFS preferable to samba.
> I feel this also probably helps the shared library work consistently
> as the media can be mounted at the same point across all machines.

> On Jun 28, 9:05 am, Steve Roehrs <steve.roe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, second card has given me the same problem.  From reading their
> forums
> > it seems that the intial installer image is using different firmware (and
> > kernel?) to the final installed image, and others have seen the same
> > problem.  The recommended solution (for RC-3 at least) is to download a
> > full image, not the bootstrap image, and try that.  So, it's take 3
> tonight
> > and I'll let you know how it goes.

> > Thanks for the advice on the library, sounds like a good idea, and since
> > I'm running a myth backend I already have mysql on the server so it
> should
> > be a snap.

> > Steve

> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Sam <s...@griml.in> wrote:
> > > Hi Steve

> > > This could definitely have been the SD card - I gather compatibility
> > > has been improving in leaps and bounds, but I have been using a
> > > SanDisk class 4 since day one and never had any issues. Going to get a
> > > class 10 soon to see if it improves speeds at all but I can't complain
> > > about performance at the moment anyway. SanDisk seem to be a solid
> > > brand in any case fwiw.

> > > It's normal to get some errors during boot regarding mounting local
> > > filesystem and maybe a couple of others but they can safely be
> > > ignored, assuming you do eventually get to the XBMC interface!
> > > Sometimes rebooting is all it takes for things to get running
> > > smoothly.

> > > One thing I do recommend strongly is that you set up a "shared
> > > library" - all this means is that your library database is on your
> > > file server running mysql rather than a flat sqlite file on the rpi
> > > itself. Makes things a lot easier if/when you need to reimage the SD
> > > card and also if you want to have XBMC on other computers around the
> > > house and keep them synched! (They'll all need to be running the
> > > latest alpha of XBMC if you do this). More details:
> > >http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Sync_multiple_libraries

> > > Cheers, Sam

> > > On Jun 27, 11:36 am, Steve Roehrs <steve.roe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Sam

> > > > I tried RaspBMC lastnight - the Pi went through the steps of
> > > > repartitioning, downloading etc, then it rebooted and was sitting
> with
> > > the
> > > > RaspBMC logo on the screen for a very long time (hour +).  I had
> heard
> > > that
> > > > the first boot takes time, but it looked like it had hung completely.
> > > > During boot I did notice an error message about not being able to
> mount
> > > the
> > > > sd card properly, but that may have just been a transient thing that
> was
> > > OK
> > > > after it retried.

> > > > I am using a cheapie DSE 8Gb SDHC card, I have a different brand card
> > > (also
> > > > 8GB) that I will try tonight.

> > > > Cheers

> > > > Steve

> > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Sam <s...@griml.in> wrote:
> > > > > Hi all. Haven't posted here much and have never actually come to
> hack
> > > > > stuff with you all (yet!) but had to jump in on this convo...

> > > > > I have been using my rpi as my media centre for a few weeks now
> and I
> > > > > have to say it's very impressive. I use raspbmc which is now up to
> RC3
> > > > > and has dealt with a lot of the initial bugs. I find that it not
> only
> > > > > streams HD video very smoothly over my network but the interface is
> > > > > beautiful and a lot of streaming video plugins work great
> (including
> > > > > iview!)... So I'd have to recommend this to anyone planning to use
> > > > > their rpi this way :)

> > > > >http://www.raspbmc.comThere<http://www.raspbmc.comthere/> is an
> > > installer to download first and
> > > > > transfer to your SD card, then on first boot the rpi will download
> the
> > > > > full system and install itself automatically. So note that you do
> need
> > > > > the rpi connected to the internet at that time!

> > > > > As for the case I have to say this works very well as a temporary
> > > > > solution:http://squareitround.co.uk/Resources/Punnet_net_Mk1.pdf

> > > > > I have a second rpi now (long story) and I'm looking to do
> something a
> > > > > little more interesting with this one so it might be a good
> > > > > opportunity to come down and meet you all at a meeting some time
> > > > > soon..?

> > > > > Cheers, Sam

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