From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EJqVG-00073o-0Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:46:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8QAcKVo019301; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:38:20 GMT Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.198]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8QAcJal026801 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:38:20 GMT Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s8so763739wxc for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:45:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TlvEN6QiXLDM5tgaZuy9TqBYhUa8q+2ZVv6uBPo2zDCshy+hm7irCNIxYXnTiYeIIBId/HnU8GoQHAycYsAPMQhqrbzVxgCpb5u4/1Vg7nUmDArPbBe03hdYn3VyLxBBVajIIIs8yF73REkWZ47C6fxD9QmTj1VMoOMl6b9Bn5Q= Received: by 10.70.49.12 with SMTP id w12mr2025923wxw; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.11.7 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b050926034577b195a1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:45:08 -0700 From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a 32-bit kernel on my 64-bit kernel Gentoo machine? In-Reply-To: <200509251424.58884.electronerd@monolith3d.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b05092519454117d3df@mail.gmail.com> <200509251424.58884.electronerd@monolith3d.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j8QAcJal026801 X-Archives-Salt: d6cfcbe6-97b7-44b7-8475-606bba63c7d7 X-Archives-Hash: f816ee58bb138fdfe048727c9910c996 On 9/25/05, John Myers wrote: > On Sunday 25 September 2005 19:45, Mark Knecht wrote: > > However, I am completely unable to figure out for myself > > if I can run a 32-bit kernel when everything else - glibc, xrog-x11, > > qt, gnome, apps, etc., have been compiled as 64-bit capable. > No. The kernel would boot, but it would panic when it tried to run init. > Thanks John, That's exactly what I was concerned about. So, to check how this hardware platform works in a 32-bit mode I guess I need to do a complete second install on a separate part of the hard drive as an Athlon. That's a big job that I'm not anxious to do. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list