32- or 64-bit OS for AMD64 Mythtv

[warlord-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org (Derek Atkins)]

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

> On Thursday 17 May 2007 14:26:26 Derek Atkins wrote:
>> In line with the recent questions about 32 vs 64 bit.. If I'm
>> building a new MythTV frontend using an AMD 64 CPU, do people
>> feel I should use a 64-bit OS instead of a 32-bit OS?  Or wont
>> it matter?
>
> 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.

-derek
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