Installing Amd64 over ia32
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Hi 64-ers,
I am made a step-by-step plan of how to install amd64 over ia32
following the excellent advice of Clive, David, Thomas and Bob. I have a
couple of residual queries but once answered maybe this could be a sort
of mini-howto for sub-dummies like me ;-). I will actual try and do this
once I have received confirmation that this plan has a chance of working.
Thanks again.
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~ 1.Downloaded latest Knoppix iso
~ 2.Boot with Knoppix and use qtparted to create a new partition
(a)for concreteness call it hda2
~ 3.Create 60GB partition
~ 4.Bootup sarge i386
~ 5.run aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8
(a)this gets me the files: kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8
kernel-image-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8
~ 6.Reboot and boot the new kernel, then run debootstrap --arch amd64
sarge /pure64/ http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64
(a)QUERY: Will the new kernel appear in Grub? (that's what I use) or do
I have to edit the grub menu file before this step?
(b)QUERY: Ok, I have booted the new kernel. Will I be able to run ia32
binaries like debootstrap? Or do I have to install it again once the new
kernel is running? In general if I'm doing all this from the new kernel
what if any binaries can I run?
~ 7.Copy some files over (like /etc/{fstab,hostname,hosts,...}, whichever
you need.
(a)Query: Copy them to where? I still can't visualise what the new file
system will look like. Will there be a /pure64/etc/ alongside of the
/etc/ ? And so on for the entire file system? If so, then it's easy.
~ 8.Do aptitude install ia32-libs
(a)QUERY: the HOWTO claims that these will run ?most? ia32 programs. Is
that your experience?
~ 9.bind mount /home, /tmp, /proc
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Hope this doesn't sound too crazy.
Jonathan
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