32- or 64-bit OS for AMD64 Mythtv

[Derek Atkins]

Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> writes:

>> > Probably won't matter a huge amount. Personally, I've been doing 64-bit
>> > Myth boxes for a few years now.
>>
>> Hmm, then I guess the real question is:  how much disk space will
>> a 64-bit v. 32-bit OS take up?  I got a 4GB flash module to use
>> as my drive for this box so the core OS needs to live on that.
>
> My 64-bit Fedora 7 myth backend box has a full compiler toolchain and an 
> assortment of libraries, 64-bit and 32-bit, and it takes up about 2.9G of 
> space. If you nuke all the 32-bit stuff, which it sounds like you won't want 
> (and don't need) for your frontend box, install footprint should be pretty 
> damned similar between 64-bit and 32-bit. Heh, my 32-bit core duo mac mini 
> frontend actually has a larger installation on it than the 64-bit backend 
> (also bigger than my prior 64-bit AMD64 frontend).

Well, in this case I only want it to be a frontend, but I think I want
to install both the frontend and backend.  Good to know it will
fit  :)  I'll start the F7t4 x86_64 download now.  Hopefully
converting from F7t4 to F7 will be a simple yum reconfiguration.
(I've never actually installed a test release before)  :)

Thanks,

-derek

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