Am Mittwoch, den 07.12.2005, 08:39 -0800 schrieb Mark Knecht: > Some questions: > > 1) If I build and boot a 32-bit version of Gentoo it is my > understanding that the AMD64 will be completely 32-bit compatible and > that I can run whatever any other IA-32 machine can run. Is this > correct? Correct, this will be identical to a normal x86 (athlon-xp) install.
> > 2) If I build a 32-bit install is there anyway to run this 32-bit > environment within the 64-bit environment? I assume not. A 32-bit chroot will work perfectly fine for this purpose, see this guide for more information: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3 This way, you can run gentoo-x86 from inside a gentoo-amd64 install. > > Thanks in advance. You all have been quite helpful over the last > few months and I'm more than sure that you will be now. > Good luck! Ben. > cheers, > Mark > -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
