[mythtv-users] Bloated install?

[Brian Wood]

Gary Jones wrote:
> I'm testing a newer version of Myth on a 40 gig drive I had laying
> around. I got MythDora up and running and used the Add Programs thing to
> update to the newest version of Myth. I've got it up and running with
> Schedules Direct and everything, but I noticed that MythTV says I am
> using a 9.6 gig HD when I look at the system info (in the Frontend's
> interface). Did I do something to lose all that space, or is MythDora
> really that bloated? I would find that hard to believe. Do I need to do
> something differently when I do my real install on a larger disk?

Was something already on that drive that the MythDora install preserved?

Did you do a "custom" install and tell it to use the entire drive?

What does fdisk tell you about the partitions on that drive?

beww