From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxmTq-0000go-1u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:47:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1005EE0495; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA67E0495 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:47:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so1989536ugs.39 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:47:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=M+OL5LN1rYGRWf1mKI2dsUbdspqDZRUxfwURA1pBsWQ=; b=N7pxWU/mFmurI4YCAdWiaWIk2OokH2F2eWkdH5LBR34WfyO+eRe1o8I9jT3LCSicpJ tdPUxitmrdd8VbeEAVhwBAFXmZ/LQ/DcanGl1IShO2rt2oMWU+gdWHXDpS2bECyCtx0v V8mGg7/nJTQhJUF+/QR5iOdNza/Xqd1wozdXk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=P0VS++US0ku9lOxs7q9luVmLFEIgmRETfngF9NJzytWYuPgNuwTpHbH2C6mOYT9vqG rr0zlHk7io7K+kLIb44sYAWUJPp34ujIvxyBpG8rjZ8uYPtVjBikijBtjaJnfdLg1CKj onH5kTScbFxgebPeWilmSCto5p01Nqc3vvn/o= Received: by 10.67.97.1 with SMTP id z1mr3724963ugl.45.1225907263551; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:47:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.5? (dsl-243-211-235.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.211.235]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s7sm5431776uge.17.2008.11.05.09.47.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:47:42 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemrescuecd: using x86 for amd64 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:47:35 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <6142e6140811042344s17a33ffcu5f968b43bad4ea11@mail.gmail.com> <200811051722.00762.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <200811051722.00762.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811051947.35314.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2a42eace-9b0c-45bf-960d-79050ca80869 X-Archives-Hash: f424f6cae28e0be1a10a773dac8ceac0 On Wednesday 05 November 2008 18:22:00 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 05 November 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > 2008/11/5 Momesso Andrea : > > > So it is possible to chroot from a 32 to a 64 bit enviroment? And is it > > > safe? > > > > AFAIK chroot from 32 to 64 bit is not possible. > > you are wrong. > > You can do it, BUT you need a 64bit kernel. Ah, but how often have you seen a 32 bit userland running atop a 64 bit kernel? I've never seen it (unusual cases like a 32 bit Firefox on a 64 bit system excepted) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com