Re: Possible migration from i386 to amd64
Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz> writes:
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 20:13 +0200, Oliver Bock wrote:
>> Thanks guys,
>> considering your answers I think my approach will be getting the 64bit kernel
>> package in a few weeks and stick to 32bit userspace until I can't stand it
>> anymore and reinstall with pure64... Meanwhile I certainly need a working
>> biarch toolchain for (after using the initial package) compiling my own 64bit
>> kernel right? If so, will there be a nice upgrade from my current 32bit-only
>> gcc etc. to biarch-versions and even make-kpkg support?
>
> That is quite conservative.
>
> What I did for myself, was to have partitions for / /boot /var
> and /pure64 (plus a few others that aren't germane here).
>
> I installed 32-bit, and then built and installed a bi-arch kernel.
Instead of trying to get biarch working, which can be a bit messy, you
can try the debian-installer CDs and install to the /pure64/ partition
(without deleting the 32bit system) and then use the kernel from there
in your existing bootloader and use /pure64 as chroot.
> Once the kernel was installed, I debootstrapped the /pure64 partition
> from the instructions in the HOWTO, and played around in there for a
> while.
Yeah, the hard part is the very first kernel. :) I can only recommend
using a precompiled one.
MfG
Goswin
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