Re: upgrading i386 kernel on AMD64

["Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:38:29PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> 
> You are mistaken. The amd64 kernel has the 32bit emulation layer
> compiled in so it is fully capable of running an i386 linux
> installation. You can also install ia32-libs and the (not quite
> perfected) ia32-libs-openoffice.org and openoffice.org debs from
> /openoffice to run the 32bit OO under pure64. Other programs run just
> as well but if you have a bunch of them better use a complete 32bit
> chroot.

Thanks for the hint, that works great, even IDL is working! I am using the
i386 installation as chroot, very impressing. Now do I really have to give
that box to the new postdoc...
 
> The sata is known to make problems with the mkinitrd and bugs have
> been filed about it. If that matches your problem is hard to
> tell. Have you tried building a custom kernel without initrd and the
> scsi sata enabled (instead of ide sata as 2.6.6 had)?

Yes, after I found the right drivers to include, it works without as well as
with initrd.

Thanks,
Christian