On 3/11/06, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/11/06, Thierry de Coulon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 11 March 2006 19.57, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Answering self: > > > > > > On 3/11/06, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1) Does it matter? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > 2) Is it possibly because of my chroot? > > > > > > Most probably yes. > > > > > > > I'll comtinue on and see how it goes. > > > > > > When you are running do you see new modules loaded? When I try to run > > > insode the chroot I end up with this message: > > > > > > lightning portage # Parallels > > > Module vm-main is not found! Parallels Workstation 2.0 is installed, > > > but it has not been configured for your running kernel. To configure > > > it please login as root and run Parallels-config. For more information > > > see the INSTALL file in Parallels Workstation 2.0 documentation > > > directory. > > > lightning portage # > > > > > > Almost certainy this is beacuse of being the the chroot jail and not > > > being able to load the module in the 64-bit environment I suppose. > > > > > > Ho humm...... > > > > > > - Mark > > > > I'd say you are right. > > I would suggest you send a message to parallels support. I did that to make > > sure about the license number and got a very fast answer. > > > > This would confirm your hypothesis and make them aware there may be a market > > for a 64 bit version... > > > > Thierry > > > > Done. Thanks for the help. I'll report back when they answer. Most > likely there is just no support, or maybe even some technical reason > why we cannot run a 64-bit Linux install along side of a 32-bit > Windows install. I've asked for some info on that. We'll see. > > QUESTION: Should I not (somehow) be able to boot my chrooted 32-bit > environment instead of 64-bit as a grub option? I've not tried to do > that on this machine. It's always run 64-bit from day 1. > > Cheers, > Mark >
As expected Parallels responded back this morning that they have no support for 64-bit machines at this time. Their schedule is second half 2006 so that could be 3 months or it could be 9 months. We'll see... Thanks for the help so far. Cheers, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
