Re: etch installer fails to recognize existing lvm

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> I think that the problem is that the LVM setup can't be shared from
> different dual-boots.  Before we try to answer the question you asked,
> perhaps we should ask why you need an i386 dual-boot instead of an i386
> chroot?

What is the advantage of a chroot? It is certainly more difficult to set
up and more work to maintain.

My personal reasons for i386:

- - I use the 64-bit machine interchangably with my 32-bit laptop, so all
programs, behaviour etc. should be identical (without too much hassle).

- - some packages are not available for amd64 (mainly non-free,
backports), so I presently use different software versions on both
machines or the software is not readily available on amd64 (which is bad)

- - some web pages, which I can not avoid using, don't run on the amd64 box.

With some hassle, I expect I could solve those problems.

What are the advantages of staying with plain 64-bit instead of a
userland-32 system with 64-bit kernel? Why should I bother?

Thanks,

Johannes
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