I'll try to explain it in the way I understand... you have /dev/hda1 with i386 (sarge)
at some point between 4 and 6 you need to mount your new partition /dev/hda2 on /pure64 the kernel should appear in grub the point 6 is to create a new / with all the files and directories on /pure64 this new tree have binaries compiled for 64 bits now you have 2 installations of debian the old sarge and another one in /dev/hda2 this last of 64 bits The usual way is to become /dev/hda2 as your new main system... *WARNING the following lines are due my understand of yours mails if at any point I say a stupid thing stop the reading at all is a misunderstand* but you pretend do the opposite, [If I undestood well and the software allows it] run like the main system the old sarge and run programs from /pure64... If thats is the case you already have openoffice up and running because your main system is in fact the old a well know sarge. The kernel allows you to run all your 32bits programs. In that point you already have the right kernel to run programs from /pure64 and just need to load the right libs, and "propagate" the needed files and directories to /pure64 (as example /dev/mouse is know by the kernel and "published" in /dev, in the directoy /pure64/dev/mouse you need to have the the SAME reference to /dev/mouse to use it in the /pure64 apps). Regards (With the hope to help) On 4/22/05, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi 64-ers, > I am made a step-by-step plan of how to install amd64 over ia32 > following the excellent advice of Clive, David, Thomas and Bob. I have a > couple of residual queries but once answered maybe this could be a sort > of mini-howto for sub-dummies like me ;-). I will actual try and do this > once I have received confirmation that this plan has a chance of working. > Thanks again. > ========================================================= > ~ 1.Downloaded latest Knoppix iso > ~ 2.Boot with Knoppix and use qtparted to create a new partition > (a)for concreteness call it hda2 > ~ 3.Create 60GB partition > ~ 4.Bootup sarge i386 > ~ 5.run aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 > (a)this gets me the files: kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 > kernel-image-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 > ~ 6.Reboot and boot the new kernel, then run debootstrap --arch amd64 > sarge /pure64/ http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 > (a)QUERY: Will the new kernel appear in Grub? (that's what I use) or do > I have to edit the grub menu file before this step? > (b)QUERY: Ok, I have booted the new kernel. Will I be able to run ia32 > binaries like debootstrap? Or do I have to install it again once the new > kernel is running? In general if I'm doing all this from the new kernel > what if any binaries can I run? > ~ 7.Copy some files over (like /etc/{fstab,hostname,hosts,...}, whichever > you need. > (a)Query: Copy them to where? I still can't visualise what the new file > system will look like. Will there be a /pure64/etc/ alongside of the > /etc/ ? And so on for the entire file system? If so, then it's easy. > ~ 8.Do aptitude install ia32-libs > (a)QUERY: the HOWTO claims that these will run ?most? ia32 programs. Is > that your experience? > ~ 9.bind mount /home, /tmp, /proc > ============================================================== > Hope this doesn't sound too crazy. > Jonathan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCaLJe64+f0AXUe+4RAnJWAKCeVn/xsr5zjsMdODplYvS9X+p3tgCeORsq > xsC8Tq15u+STto09ssZMu/g= > =acX6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Enga�arse por amor es el enga�o m�s terrible; es una p�rdida eterna para la que no hay compensaci�n ni en el tiempo ni en la eternidad. Kierkegaard Jaime Ochoa Malag�n Integrated Technology Tel: (55) 52 54 26 10
