Re: Running a 64-bit kernel and a pure 32-bit userspace
"Fernando J. Rodríguez (Herr Groucho)" <groucho@lugmen.org.ar> writes:
> Hi!
> I upgraded my IA32 system's CPU running Debian Etch with an Ahlon64
> processor.
> After tracking the current state of affairs of amd64 on Debian, I
> concluded it is not worth the trouble of reinstalling the operating
> system and applications and get issues with OpenOffice, partly
> mplayer, some binary-only games (Quake4, Enemy Territory), some
> proprietary applications (Skype, Cross Over, Flahs plugin), and some
> proprietary kernel drivers.
>
> I also dislike very much the idea of having a 32-bit chroot for those
> applications, so what I would like to have is a "standard" 64-bit
> kernel capable of runing both 32-bit a 64-bit applications, and a
> pure 32-bits userspace (preferably my current Debian Etch IA32
> system).
>
> Is that possible and usefull?
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-amd64 (or something like that) in sarge.
> I've seen messages on this list from people saying they were running
> amd64-k8 kernels on 32-bit Sarge [1], but the only "k8" linux-image
> packages I'm able to find in packages.debian.org are like [2], for
> the "amd64" dpkg's architecture, so my current i386 dpkg refuses to
> install it.
You can just --force-architecture.
> Are there somewhere "i386" packages of a Linux kernel for AMD64
> processors running in long mode? Or even in legacy mode?
>
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/10/msg00769.html
> [2]
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/linux-image-2.6.16-1-amd64-k8
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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MfG
Goswin
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