[mythtv-users] 32 bit or 64bit???

Gerald Brandt gbr at majentis.com
Fri Jan 16 01:41:20 UTC 2009


My old Gentoo based myth backend was 64 bit. When I switched to two Xen backends, I went 32 bit and haven't seen any differences. My frontends are still 32 bit. 

Gerald 

----- "A JM" <vbtalent at gmail.com> wrote: 
> If you were building a new backend/frontend would you go with a 32bit box or a 64bit box? 
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> Can you run a 32bit OS on a 64bit chip? 
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> Would you run a 64bit OS? 
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> Are there compiling differences in the ./configure between a 64bit and32bit OS and for that matter Myth? 
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> Anyone have references to a guide for building a 64bit box as opposed to a 32bit box? 
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> My plan is to use Ubuntu with VDPAU and an Nvidia 8000 based board maybe the Zotac that was mentioned a little bit ago by Brad - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500016 it seems like a strong enough board. 
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> Any suggestions for the build would be greatly appreciated. 
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> Thanks. 
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> AJM, 
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