Re: 32 bit bigotry running under 64 bit 2.6.6?
> "Chris Horn" <chris@beefstew.net> writes:
>
>> So, my new hardware (Asus SK8V + Opteron) came and is installed. The
>> machine is running, thanks to the DFS AMD64 kernel. My old custom 32
>> bit
>> 2.4.22 kernel wouldn't boot, so I booted from the DFS CD and used the
>> mount-the-system-disks, chroot and dpkg-repack trick to get the new
>> AMD64
>> one installed.
>>
>> As expected, though, I can't compile anything for 64 bits (everything in
>> userland is 32; there is no /lib64 directory). For me, this was the
>> nVidia X drivers. After some thought, though, I've decided this is
>> okay.
>>
>> For the time being, I'm going to sit out 64 bits just run everything in
>> 32. Sure it won't be 20% faster, but I don't really want to use
>> Mandrake
>> or SuSE and Debian doesn't seem ready enough for me to run a multiarch
>> (or
>> biarch) setup.
>>
>> My question is this:
>> I'm trying to recompile a custom 2.6.6 kernel, but the configurator
>> won't
>> let me choose anything but a 64 bit kernel! What's going on!?! Since
>> my
>> 2.4.22 one won't boot, how am I supposed to build a kernel that will
>> just
>> mope around in 32 bits until Debian biarch gets on its feet? Do I need
>> to
>> install a pre-packaged K7 kernel, or something?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Chris Horn.
>
> You have to to use the linux32 package.
>
> MfG
> Goswin
Thanks. Someone on IRC pointed me in that direction, but I still couldn't
make it work. I have no idea what the problem was.
My solution was to build an i386 32 bit 2.6.6 Opteron kernel on an i386
box. That procedure went as it usually does (without a hitch) and I just
installed that deb on the new Opteron box. It boots just fine and life
with a custom kernel is good (except onbaord SK8V sound doesn't seem to be
supported).
It's a shame to not use the 64 bit side of the Opteron, but for now it's
going to have to do. I want to play my 32 bit only 3D game (RTCW)! Life
would certainly be easier if I hadn't started playing the occasional game
again (pure64).
If you're wondering what my kernel config looks like, email me.
Alternatively, I will probably post it soon to <http://blog.beefstew.net>.
Chris.
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