Hi,
Back in the day (just before x86_64 came out) you could get a 64 bit
hardware emulator that would run 64bit linux (x86_64) on a 32bit linux
system (i386).
If it came to it and there was no other way that would be an option.
But having said that when I once ran it it was very slow and
personally now-a-days it would be easier to ssh to someone elses 64bit
machine if I didn't have one myself.
You might also be able to use a Solaris or Alpha to cross compile for
the x86_64 instruction set.
Faye
Troy Dawson wrote:
Hi,
My first thoughts are that it might be easier to just ftp the files
instead of using yum.
But then I looked again at what you are doing.
I'm not saying it cannot be done. But I have never been able to build a
64 bit image on a 32 bit machine. I can build a 32 bit on a 64, but I
haven't ever been able to do it the other way around.
I don't want to discourage you, because someone else might be able to do
it, but if I were you, I'd find someplace that was 64 bit and start from
there.
Troy
Wayne Betts wrote:
A colleague here is trying to build a 64-bit network boot image, but he
is creating it on a 32-bit host. We can't figure out how to make yum
grab the 64-bit packages in this case. Any idea what we can do to
force yum to grab 64-bit packages while
running on a 32-bit host? We tried specifying the x86_64 architecture
as in the following example, but this doesn't work:
[r...@hlt-test yumtest]# uname -m
i686
[r...@hlt-test yumtest]# yum --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/yumtest
install agg.x86_64
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kernel-module
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package agg.x86_64 available.
Nothing to do
The opposite situation works fine - I tried a 64-bit host and was able
to get the 32-bit packages as expected:
[r...@fc4 yumtest]# uname -m
x86_64
[r...@fc4 yumtest]# yum --disablerepo=epel --downloadonly
--downloaddir=/tmp/yumtest install agg.i386
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kernel-module, keys
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package agg.i386 0:2.4-2.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libSDL-1.2.so.0 for package: agg
--> Running transaction check
---> Package SDL.i386 0:1.2.10-8.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
Finished Kernel Module Plugin
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================================================================================
Package Arch
Version
Repository Size
============================================================================================================================================
Installing:
agg i386
2.4-2.1
sl-base 139 k
Installing for dependencies:
SDL i386
1.2.10-8.el5
sl-base 233 k
Transaction Summary
============================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total size: 372 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
exiting because --downloadonly specified
----
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Wayne
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