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? 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. 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, Please CC: me in replies, because I'm not (yet?) subscribed to the list. -- Herr Groucho ID Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Señal distintiva: LU5MJR - 144,550 MHz FM. Clave pública GPG: hkp://pks.lugmen.org.ar Fingerprint GPG: B7BD 0FC7 D9A2 66F3 4EFC 45EE 7DE2 3932 597B 6354
