Re: Installing Amd64 over ia32
I'll try to explain it in the way I understand...
you have /dev/hda1 with i386 (sarge)
at some point between 4 and 6 you need to mount your new partition
/dev/hda2 on /pure64
the kernel should appear in grub
the point 6 is to create a new / with all the files and directories on
/pure64 this new tree have binaries compiled for 64 bits
now you have 2 installations of debian the old sarge and another one
in /dev/hda2 this last of 64 bits
The usual way is to become /dev/hda2 as your new main system...
*WARNING the following lines are due my understand of yours mails if
at any point I say a stupid thing stop the reading at all is a
misunderstand*
but you pretend do the opposite, [If I undestood well and the software
allows it] run like the main system the old sarge and run programs
from /pure64...
If thats is the case you already have openoffice up and running
because your main system is in fact the old a well know sarge. The
kernel allows you to run all your 32bits programs.
In that point you already have the right kernel to run programs from
/pure64 and just need to load the right libs, and "propagate" the
needed files and directories to /pure64 (as example /dev/mouse is know
by the kernel and "published" in /dev, in the directoy
/pure64/dev/mouse you need to have the the SAME reference to
/dev/mouse to use it in the /pure64 apps).
Regards (With the hope to help)
On 4/22/05, Jonathan Kaye <jonathan.kaye@univie.ac.at> wrote:
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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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