Re: Tracking sarge
Le jeudi 03 février 2005 à 20:14 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow a écrit :
> Kurt Yoder <ktydeb@richard-group.com> writes:
>
> >> Alice Stamping <alstamp@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Hello guys.
> >> >
> >> > Hopefully a quick question.
> >> >
> >> > I would like to use some AMD Opteron kit in production with Debian.
> > I
> >> > don't, therefore, fancy tracking unstable with these boxes. :)
> >> >
> >> > I want to track sarge with these computers. Is it possible to :
> >> >
> >> > - install Debian Sarge from the i386 iso
> >>
> >> yes
> >>
> >> > - using make-kpkg build a 64-bit kernel on the newly installed box
> >> > for the AMD 64 bit platform.
> >>
> >> Not comfortably.
> >>
> >> apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-amd64-<tab>
> >> kernel-image-2.6-amd64-generic kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp
> >> kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 kernel-image-2.6-amd64-xeon
> >
> > I did this last week and ran into trouble. I could no longer use the
> > iptables binary, though the module was loading fine. I also was unable
> > to install new kernels because something about the initrd installer
> > didn't like the new 64-bit kernel.
>
> The iptables problems is known. You need a 64bit iptables.
Any easy solution? Is there a package somewhere? In Sarge?
> The initrd on the other hand should work. What was the error?
>
> > From what I'd read in previous threads on this list, I got the
> > impression that "mix and match" using 32 bit user-space and 64-bit
> > kernel would not work. I had actually planned to reinstall using the
> > amd64 Debian installer. So if my understanding is incorrect and it is
> > indeed possible to use a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit user-space, I'd like
> > to know about it...
>
> It is possible with some glitches, like iptables or alsa not having a
> 32->64 bit translatio layer.
Nothing else?
Thanks a lot for the good work!
> MfG
> Goswin
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