Dan Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:33:15 -0600 > "Anthony E. Caudel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I have an AMD64 chip and have separate Gentoo x86 and x86_64 distros. >> Gentoo has a "32Bit Chroot Guide for Gentoo/AMD64" but this guide only >> discusses setting up a separate 32bit environment within the 64bit >> Gentoo. I was wondering if it could be used, suitably modified, to >> chroot from my x86_64 bit distro to my x86 distro. Will it mess up >> one or the other? >> > > No, they won't effect each other, but isn't this generally how a > multi-lib system is done? I read a howto years ago but got bored > halfway through, and since I didn't need it anyway, I gave up. > > Good point. I don't know the difference between chroot'ing and multilib (well, I know the difference but I don't the advantages/disadvantages of each).
The reason I want to be able to chroot is that I want to be able run "make menuconfig" in each distro in order to view, side-by-side the configuration of the kernels. The x86 distro is my "production" distro but I want to configure and tune the x86_64 kernel to be as close to the x86 kernel as possible. Tony -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
