
Go to and send him a donation! Seriously… Do it now =) What Sam’s tool does is really quite amazing. Step 1 – Give Credit Where Credit is Due Sam Nazarko has, on his own built and maintained the tool that makes this all possible. Sam Nazarko’s Crystal HD for Apple TV Thumb-drive install tool.


Putty or any other SSH client (Will be used later).Universal USB installer (Cuz we are lazy…).Also, since I personally need to use component video, this guide will include the steps necessary to use either HDMI or Component video. This guide will also include a number of optional configuration changes that may be very useful to those who need them such as adding a static IP address, DNS address and later some advanced XBMC settings. This guide will include everything you need to do to get up and running with no hard drive. The process to install Linux on an Apple TV is actually quite simple, but things get a bit more complicated when you also want to remove the hard drive from the Apple TV. If possible, what size thumb drive is needed? And what is required to make this work? Thanks Ww_X_wW

Tried searching for this and seemed everything was about cloning for a larger HDD or a USB hard drive. Is it possible to clone the internal drive to a thumb drive, remove the internal HDD, and run the ATV1 from the thumb drive? I don’t store anything locally on the HDD of the ATV1, and would like to remove it to reduce power, heat, noise produced by the ATV1.
