[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I only have a 10Gb HD (for the moment, I'm saving to get another), so I > don't find it really attractive to install the full 64bits system, and > then install lots of 32bits libraries (and maybe other binaries) in a > chroot jail just to run, say, doom3, or openoffice.org. So, my question > is:
The chroot basically consumes whatever it takes to run the binary. There is some unused overhead. In only a 10GB filesystem you will need to be more careful than most. But a basic system consumed around 100MB and grows from there. I would guess 500MB for a mostly usable system. > Is there any way in wich I can have both kind of libraries in my system?, > I mean, something like this: > > lib : 32bits libraries. > lib64: 64bits libraries. That is the old biarch model of supporting two architectures. But it is truly horrid. It has many problems. I suggest you look at the multiarch proposal. It is a much better method of handling multiple architectures. http://www.linuxbase.org/~taggart/multiarch.html In any case, right now the typical "better" model is to use a chroot install of the non-native binaries and either put them in /emul/ia32-linux or make that a symlink to the actual location. The Debian amd64 howto documents that process quite well. Hopefully eventually the proposed multiarch will replace all of this. > and have almost all of my system running 64bits binaries (except by: > openoffice, doom3, mplayer with w32 codecs, you name it). I run my 64-bit system just that way. Bob
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