On Wednesday, 26.10.2005 at 11:32 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > The recommended (and only user friendly) way to build a 64bit kernel > >> > is a 64bit userland. > >> > > >> > For i386 users that means installing the existing 64bit kernel, create > >> > a 64bit chroot and compile the kernel in there. > >> > > >> > That way it all just magically works. > >> > >> That makes sense. The slight difficulty here is that the "existing" > >> 64-bit kernel, Debian stock package, kicks off a hardware conflict on my > >> machine with my nVidia card. > >> > >> Maybe I can just run it in non-graphical mode for long enough to build a > >> chroot and build a kernel in it. I guess that for *subsequent* kernel > >> rebuilds, this will be easier, since I'll have a running 64-bit kernel > >> :-) > > > > This still doesn't seem to quite work. > > > > Build environment: > > > > Host system: running stock Debian kernel 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 > > 32-bit userspace > > 64-bit Sarge chroot > > Sarge chroot: gcc 3.4 > > building kernel 2.6.12 from Debian source package > > > > This build in the chroot works: I get kernel-image-2.6.12_+davee.1.0_amd64.deb created > > > > However, when I try to install this for the host system, this error > > occurs: > > > > # dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.12_+davee.1.0_amd64.deb > > > > dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.12_+davee.1.0_amd64.deb (--install): > > package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386) > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > kernel-image-2.6.12_+davee.1.0_amd64.deb > > That is correct. You compiled on amd64 and for amd64. Try mount --bind > /boot /chroot/boot and install the kernel inside the chroot. > > Alternatively dpkg --force-architecture. > > Or you can change the architecture of the deb with (from memory) > > echo '#!/bin/sh' >/tmp/foo.sh > echo "sed -i 's/Architecture: amd64/Architecture: i386/' DEBIAN/control" >>/tmp/foo.sh > chmod a+x /tmp/foo.sh > fakeroot dpkg-reversion -k /tmp/foo.sh kernel-image-2.6.12_+davee.1.0_amd64.deb "change arch to i386" OK, will try those methods. As a result of your second post here, I will dispute your remark above which says "That way it all just magically works." :-) Thanks again, Goswin, much appreciated. Dave. -- Dave Ewart davee@ceu.ox.ac.uk Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit Cancer Research UK / Oxford University PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 Get key from http://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/~davee/davee-ceu-ox-ac-uk.asc N 51.7518, W 1.2016
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