I think the questioner's point was he already has a 32 bit OS installed on his machine and didn't particularly want to have to reinstall just to get a 64 bit OS.
Using KVM, vmware or virtualbox he could just run the 64 bit OS as a VM under the 32 bit OS he already has. On Oct 4, 9:37 pm, Michael Cheselka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > If the hardware is 64 bit you probably want to do the opposite - Run a > 64 bit Ubuntu OS with a 32 bit Ubuntu VM. > > Regards, > Michael Cheselka > 650-488-4820 > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 16:42, bmullan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't you use KVM on your Ubuntu 32 bit system and just run a 64 Bit > > Ubuntu as a VM ... and do your development in the VM ?? > > > On Oct 4, 2:56 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Many people installed the 32 bit version of Ubuntu to compile Android 2.2 > >> and below. The requirement for a 64 bit version of the OS means doing a > >> completely new install on any systems they want to build on with the > >> possibility of having to set up dual boot if they want to work on 2.2 and > >> the next version. > > >> And that, Mr. Genius, certainly does have an impact on people. > > >> Al. > >> -- > > >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > >> ====== > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > >> number 6741909. > > >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > >> subsidiaries. > > >> On 4 Oct 2010, at 19:49, a genius wrote: > > >> > Given that every computer sold these days (in the last several years, > >> > in fact) more powerful than an INTEL ATOM has a 64bit processor, I > >> > don't see how this could have any kind of impact on you. You certainly > >> > aren't trying to build android on an atom, are you? > > >> > ... not that ANY of the rumors about android 3 are panning out. > > >> > On Sep 21, 2:45 pm, galib <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I heard that in order to build Android 3.0 you need your build host > >> >> computer to have a 64bit OS installed (similar to Chromium OS build > >> >> requirement). > > >> >> Is this true? > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Android Discuss" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Android Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
