On 12/7/05, Brett Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > 1) Yes, if you install x86 version of gentoo, it will be 100% functional > as a 32 bit OS. > > 2) You can install a 32 bit choot version of gentoo under you 64 bit os > and be able to run 32 bit apps in the chroot while still running the 64 > bit os. This option will require additional disk space as you are running > two seperate installs of gentoo (excpet you don't need to build the > kernel, logger, cron etc.. in the 32 bit install). Here is a good doc on > how to set this up. > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3 > > Brett >
Thanks to all that answered. I had not seen the howto referenced by a large number of you. Had I seen it I suppose I would have still come to aska few questions, and I may yet still do that. I'm doing the install as outlined in that document now. I do find it surprising/curious/mystifying that I can run, for instance, a 32-bit Firefox with 32-bit helper apps, all running from the chrooted environment, but as far as I can tell, you are saying it will be using a 64-bit version of X, along with 64-bit ATI drivers, 64-bit Alsa and a 64-bit kernel, etc., to display the web pages and do the audio. I'm sure I don't have this quite right in my mind yet. I presume that to build FIrefox and mplayer in the chrooted environemnt I will end up building a 32-bit version of X, etc., but I guess it's not used? Anyway, I'll go do the work and see how it works out. Thanks again, Mark -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
