Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 at 12:40 AM From: "Ken Moffat" <[email protected]> To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] <SPAM>:Re: Changing gcc to multilib On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:11:20AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:29:19PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks Ken Good explanation. I assume my thinking is right. l need to > > chroot from a 32bit into a 64bit lfs that's unbootable to recompile the > > kernel. So the route I'm taking is the is the subject of this question. Am > > I right? > > If it has a CD drive, chroot from systemrescuecd sounds easier :) > > That apparently can also be done from a bootable usb, but I've never > created one and I'm not sure that I've got all the necessary tools. > >Maybe that was too terse - once you have a 64-bit compiler for the >kernel, you can build a 64-bit kernel. I'm not sure if that will be >enough to chroot to a 64-bit system, but I suspect it will NOT.
>I had assumed you wanted to run a 64-bit kernel on 32-bit userspace. >Using the 64-bit kernel from systemrescuecd is definitely good >enough to chroot. Either way, you still need to find a working >kernel config. Generally, keeping at least current and previous >kernels is always a good idea. You're right I have a 32bit Sysrcd will have to get 64 version. Many thanks again Cliff -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
