Dave Rivers wrote: > You're right... you can't run 32-bit binaries on the 64-bit > system. > > It's not so much C/C++ as it is the Linux kernel... it won't > run 32-bit programs (at least, our ThinkBlue 64-bit one won't.)
You most certainly can run 32-bit binaries on the 64-bit kernel. However, unless the 32-bit app is statically linked, you'll need the appropriate 32-bit shared libraries to go with the app. AFAIK, ThinkBlue (at least some versions) does not provide the 32-bit system libraries, so you can't run 32-bit apps. Both SuSE and RedHat 64-bit distros do provide those libraries. As to the original poster's problem with Oracle, from the error messages it looks like the Oracle install process wants to *link* object files together to produce the final executable as part of the install step. This doesn't work because the 64-bit linker as provided the current distributions can only link 64-bit objects. So, you'd need to perform the install step on a 32-bit system; once the linking has been done, the resulting executable should run on a 64-bit system. Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best Regards Ulrich Weigand -- Dr. Ulrich Weigand Linux for S/390 Design & Development IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicher Str. 220, 71032 Boeblingen Phone: +49-7031/16-3727 --- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
