Bo Ørsted Andresen schrieb: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 02:18:46PM +0000, David W Noon wrote: >> If you change the CHOST, CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS variables, then do: >> emerge -e system >> emerge -e world >> you will have converted everything except your kernel to 64-bit. > > Clearly you are completely clueless. Do *NOT* do this. It will break your > system. It is not possible to run any 64 bit code with a 32 bit kernel. There > is a guide [1] you must follow very carefully if you ever need to change your > CHOST between two x86 CHOSTs. Even that has potential to break your system if > you are not careful. If you need to switch from an x86 CHOST to an x86_64 > CHOST > there is no sane method short of a reinstall.
Yup, this is why I will leave CHOST untouched for now. Maybe I will give it a try on another hdd and try to do a fresh install of x86_64 on that E2160, if the winter is long and boring ;-) I also still don't think if running 64 Bit makes any sense at all when it comes to running a mythtv-box ... it would *maybe* make some sense on my workhorse, a E6600 with 4 gigs of RAM. A minor q related to E2160: Should I choose "Core2" in my kernel-configuration for that processor? Where do I find out these things? In the kernel-sources? I noticed along the way that I still have "Pentium 4" in there, due to the fact of having migrated from a P4-board. Thanks, Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
