From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NOVVH-00058R-3O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:12:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F1B1E09DF for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f195.google.com (mail-px0-f195.google.com [209.85.216.195]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0EB7E07F0 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:05:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi33 with SMTP id 33so6248663pxi.10 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:05:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=A2p7hRbOWcqwwFIOi+TjlFVjpyxJagFtjui4VNW5xN0=; b=wWMmeevubmDfnJ7XZQxVY/fNz9KS3xnLdH3vW2jz53At3mhPAIN6O+RRuWfL7ZzxLc OcKAhaI3c/aBWGcV93D2SPTp2xIBR4fLrHdMUH0jI9nrkNLdb+UO1AzU8PO8N5k+BxeQ /Zgxj6JvWt0QDKTPGsoaOJb7AZaQFh+HSafso= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=bCdTWZIk1LHdBvGWdfdoXDIlI7sJzKRgS74KvRvE31XiMydBhPgnvqxJIHC5hpvvnw yz0rI8YIjOp5IUXzebLwudpIcTM7WJHyVOgdp42Y/qmxbUOV/xMoPXyam6Jo0c5CBwI8 hz+SITtBW1N37DcMYyPRsQMSypq6g49a60vpM= 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 Received: by 10.115.37.37 with SMTP id p37mr9135493waj.11.1261829152966; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:05:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200912251241.13033.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <4ee8ce190912240633v6332f272ub2b1eaf69e6996ee@mail.gmail.com> <200912251241.13033.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:05:52 -0200 Message-ID: <543f3b9c0912260405t673e3ff4g1772f46d8ba2c1f2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo 64bit from 32bit running enviroment From: Francisco Ares To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e64cae486e0bf7047ba07e70 X-Archives-Salt: 4b232bff-b11f-4a8f-aa17-08ab8b38d62c X-Archives-Hash: 18861f4f3ce7ddb58f620fbcc5f44de3 --0016e64cae486e0bf7047ba07e70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 24 December 2009 16:33:26 Carlos Moyano Cubillos wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > I have a gentoo system running 32bit .. and I have a 30GB partition > > available on which I would like to install a 64bit Gentoo to test for > > 64bit extensions processor supports . > > > > > > someone could help me and tell me how to proceed with this > > installation from my running system without having to reboot with a > > livecd. > > You have to reboot with a LiveCD. > > Your running 32 bit kernel does not support 64 bit instructions and there > is > no magic voodoo to make it possible. The CPU might understand 64 bit > instructions but the running kernel that drives it definitely does not. > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > I don't know for sure, but I would guess that if you don't try to use any file from the new 64 bit partition, that would be fine. AFAIK you can install a 64 bit system using the 32 bit livecd. Just a guess, though Francisco -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw --0016e64cae486e0bf7047ba07e70 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Alan Mc= Kinnon <ala= n.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thursday 24 December 2009 16:33:26 Carlos Moyano Cubillos wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I have a gentoo system running 32bit .. and I have a 30GB partition > available on which I would like to install a 64bit Gentoo to test for<= br> > 64bit extensions processor supports .
>
>
> someone could help me and tell me how to proceed with this
> installation from my running system without having to reboot with a > livecd.

You have to reboot with a LiveCD.

Your running 32 bit kernel does not support 64 bit instructions and there i= s
no magic voodoo to make it possible. The CPU might understand 64 bit
instructions but the running kernel that drives it definitely does not.

--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com



I don't know for sure, but I wou= ld guess that if you don't try to use any file from the new 64 bit part= ition, that would be fine.

AFAIK you can install a 64 bit system usi= ng the 32 bit livecd.

Just a guess, though

Francisco

--
"= ;If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you a= nd I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one= idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.&quo= t; - George Bernard Shaw
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