I'm putting together a couple of Pivos Xios players at home.  I intend to drop the Linux xbmc builds on them as that seems to be the best mix at the moment.

 

A central xbmc db is key here so I wan t install that on unraid.  Does the braid MySQL plugin allow the db to be installed on the cache drive ? I was hoping not to spin up the drives every time xbmc starts.

 

Has anyone tried getting the pivos to work with a central db sitting on unraid ? Anything t look out for ?

It is recommended that you install mysql on a cache drive and yes the plugin allows that

 

pivos shouldn't have any issues with mysql, it is essentially xbmc that connects to and uses mysql

I've done exactly the same thing here with two Xios boxes and mysql on my unraid.  I'm having a little trouble with the mysql though when I reboot.  I'm assuming it's because I wasn't stopping mysql before rebooting.  I've looked around and found http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5568.675 where Joe L. says to create a "mysql stop" button in the unmenu user scripts by doing the following:

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As an alternative, you can put these five lines in a file named

45-unmenu_user_script_stop_mysql

located in your unmenu directory.

 

#define USER_SCRIPT_LABEL Stop MySQL

#define USER_SCRIPT_DESCR This will stop MySQLso your array can be stopped cleanly

#define USER_SCRIPT_TEST test -x /etc/rc.d/unraid.d/rc.unraid_mysqld && echo "Stop MySQL"

echo "<pre>"

killall mysqld

 

They will give you a button on the User-Scripts page to stop MySQL manually.

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I have created this file in /boot/unmenu and restarted unmenu, but the button doesn't show up.  Any advice?