Re: 64bit kernel for i386, apt-get-multiarch - poor mans multiarch
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:01:57AM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
> hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:02:35PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I've been working on wrappers for apt and dpkg-deb to get some
> >>resemblance of multiarch that can still make it for etch. The first
> >>thing I made to work is installing amd64 kernels on i386 and anyone
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Either you've made a mistake or I'm hopelessly confused. I can see
> >installing an i386 kernel on AMD64, but what's the point of booting an
> >1386 with an AMD64 kernel. It won't have the instruction set.
> >
> >-- hendrik
> >
>
> You may want to run an i386 distribution on an AMD64 processor, for
> assorted reasons - but choose to have the ability to run 64-bit code by
> running a 64-bit kernel. i386 Sarge includes a selection of AMD64 kernels.
Ah. So when you say installing amd64 kernel on i386, you don't mean
running it on an i386 box, but running it on an AMD64 box that happens
to have the i386 version of Debian running on it. That makes sense.
-- hendrik
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