Le jeudi 03 f�vrier 2005 � 20:14 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow a �crit : > Kurt Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Alice Stamping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > Hello guys. > >> > > >> > Hopefully a quick question. > >> > > >> > I would like to use some AMD Opteron kit in production with Debian. > > I > >> > don't, therefore, fancy tracking unstable with these boxes. :) > >> > > >> > I want to track sarge with these computers. Is it possible to : > >> > > >> > - install Debian Sarge from the i386 iso > >> > >> yes > >> > >> > - using make-kpkg build a 64-bit kernel on the newly installed box > >> > for the AMD 64 bit platform. > >> > >> Not comfortably. > >> > >> apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-amd64-<tab> > >> kernel-image-2.6-amd64-generic kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp > >> kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 kernel-image-2.6-amd64-xeon > > > > I did this last week and ran into trouble. I could no longer use the > > iptables binary, though the module was loading fine. I also was unable > > to install new kernels because something about the initrd installer > > didn't like the new 64-bit kernel. > > The iptables problems is known. You need a 64bit iptables. Any easy solution? Is there a package somewhere? In Sarge?
> The initrd on the other hand should work. What was the error? > > > From what I'd read in previous threads on this list, I got the > > impression that "mix and match" using 32 bit user-space and 64-bit > > kernel would not work. I had actually planned to reinstall using the > > amd64 Debian installer. So if my understanding is incorrect and it is > > indeed possible to use a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit user-space, I'd like > > to know about it... > > It is possible with some glitches, like iptables or alsa not having a > 32->64 bit translatio layer. Nothing else? Thanks a lot for the good work! > MfG > Goswin
