Re: How big will the 32-bit chroot end up being? What goes in these days?
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 05:34:13AM +0000, cmetzler@speakeasy.net wrote:
> So, as I understand it, the following stuff would need to go into the
> 32-bit chroot (assuming one wants/needs these things):
>
> - Sun's J2RE
There is 64bit java as far as I know. Not sure about browser plugins.
> - OpenOffice
Yeah even 2.0.1 doesn't quite seem to work on amd64 yet, although it is
getting closer now.
> - Flash
I wonder how close gnash is to working.
> - RealPlayer/Helix/whatever
Well yeah, that's a codec problem as below.
> - win32codecs + other misc A/V codecs one might scrounge up elsewhere
Yeah can't do anything there until w64 gets codecs.
> - Any web browser that you want to be able to use Java/Flash/embedded
> AV stuff in
>
> - the Acrobat Reader
Sure, for those files xpdf can't view.
> - cdrecord/cdrdao plus whatever front end you're using to call them
No reason. Those work fine on amd64.
> Is that correct? Anything I'm missing?
>
> How much space would all that take? Assuming one were to put the chroot
> in its own partition, how much space should be allocated to that partition?
> If you're using an AMD64 desktop, how much space are you using in the
> chroot?
chroot can just be a directory. No need for a partition. Sure is
simpler.
Len Sorensen
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