Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > I also considered going to 64 bit. What flavor of linux are you using? I >> > know you can't run 32 bit and 64 bit applications on the same machine. >> > That is unless you have both the 32 bit and 64 bit libc installed. That >> > seems confusing as if you are just asking for trouble. >> >> Not really. You usually solve this issue by either creating a 64-bit >> chroot in a 32-bit base system or a 32-bit chroot in a 64-bit base >> system. These chroots can be very useful since some apps just don't >> work in 64-bit mode yet. We are using this method at work to make >> 32-bit commercial apps run on our 64-bit x84_64 machines, and it >> works very well. I wouldn't call it confusing. Its actually very logical >> as soon as you start to grasp the chroot concept. > > Minor correction: > > You can't run 64 bit executables in a 32 bit environment. The kernel > must be running in 64 bit mode. Yeah, but you can use a 64-bit kernel to boot a 32-bit base system and then use a 64-bit chroot... But usually, you do it the other way round. -- CYa, Mario
