Re: [gentoo-user] Changing CHOST
On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:03 PM, David Relson wrote: Just a thought: Is it possible to compile a 64bit kernel and use him on the current system? That way you could set up your new native 64bit system in a chroot before overwriting the old one and thus minimize downtime to less than 15 minutes. Florian, That would be ideal! It's exactly what I'd do -- if it's doable. Hopefully the experts will point to a HOWTO :- This sounds like a way to infinite pain. (This is at first glance and off the top of my head without looking into it, of course...) While it may be possible to cross-compile a 64-bit kernel on a 32-bit system, IIRC unless you have the right runtime libraries compiled for 64-bit you may have massive trouble getting the system to even come up. But I'm not an expert on new and cool ways to try things, so your mileage may vary. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please
On Sep 24, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Grant wrote: So much for that. I understand sir. Unfortunately I'm about out of rope in this situation. The only thing I can really provide to you at this point, is the oppertunity to flag this for the management team, and allow them to speak with you directly. I'll move forward and make sure this gets marked correctly for them. Please understand that as they work M-F 9 AM - 5 PM CST, it could be some time before you are able to get a response from them. Your patience and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Customer service in the Internet age :( I would find a new host, but that's just me. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing CHOST
On Sep 23, 2007, at 5:47 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag, 23. September 2007, David Relson wrote: Now that my old AthlonXP mobo has been replaced by an AMD 64 X2 mobo, it's time for upgrading CHOST :- According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml after a couple of changes to /etc/make.conf, i.e. from: USE=x86 ... CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe to: USE=amd64 ... CHOST=amd64-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=x86-64 -pipe The next step is: emerge -av1 binutils gcc glibc The emerge of binutils works fine. However the emerge of gcc fails with: In file included from .../gcc/unwind-dw2.c:257: gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h: In function 'x86_64_fallback_frame_state': gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h:63: error: 'struct sigcontext' has no member named 'rsp' A quick search of BGO didn't show anything relevant. Any suggestions??? Thanks. David boot from cd mkfs.reiserfs start stage3 installation. It is the only safe way. It is faster and much less problematic. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list This is true and is the recommended way; what Albert posted is almost effectively a full reinstall. I would advocate — and have used — the start-from-scratch process. Unpredictable result from anything else, and such ... (For some reason it's difficult to go from 486 to 686, although by following the posted guidelines at gentoo.org I have never had such trouble...)-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing CHOST
On Sep 22, 2007, at 5:13 PM, David Relson wrote: Now that my old AthlonXP mobo has been replaced by an AMD 64 X2 mobo, it's time for upgrading CHOST :- According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml after a couple of changes to /etc/make.conf, i.e. from: USE=x86 ... CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe to: USE=amd64 ... CHOST=amd64-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=x86-64 -pipe The next step is: emerge -av1 binutils gcc glibc The emerge of binutils works fine. However the emerge of gcc fails with: In file included from .../gcc/unwind-dw2.c:257: gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h: In function 'x86_64_fallback_frame_state': gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h:63: error: 'struct sigcontext' has no member named 'rsp' A quick search of BGO didn't show anything relevant. Any suggestions??? Thanks. You're getting that _specific_ error because there is no register 'RSP' (the 64-bit stack pointer in the AMD64 world) in the 32-bit x86 world. (You have a 32-bit stack pointer 'esp' instead.) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please
You probably were not asking _too_ much. If you are dependent upon the system for your livelihood, I'd find somewhere else to host, since these folks sound like bozos. IANAL, but if you have a contract with them there may be service level agreements that they're obligated to uphold, and they might not be upholding them. --- dcw On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Dan Farrell wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:37:23 -0700 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, As I have previously posted about, my host sent me an email a few days ago stating that support tickets for 5,000-6,000 of their clients had been broken into. I checked my records and found that my root password had previously been submitted in a support ticket. I then decided I needed to reinstall my system. I requested that my host allow me access to a second machine for 2-5 days while I switch over to a clean system, after that I would turn the old system over to them and continue with the new system. My request was denied! I'm blown away by this. Was I asking too much? - Grant Would it be unreasonable to tell us who this host is? I want to make sure I don't host any sites on their system; if they can't secure their work tickets, what makes anybody think they can secure anything else? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
