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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:24:28 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> > So if you were installing a system, just to run wine, would it |
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>> > be multilib or hybrid (64 and 32 bit) ? |
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> There's no such thing as a hybrid system. Multilib is what you need to |
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> run 32 bit software. |
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>> 1) Wine is 32-bit |
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>> 2) Walter had a 64-bit only system |
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>> 3) Walter had 2 choices: |
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>> a) Wipe the system and start over making it a multi-lib system |
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>> b) Create a 32-bit chroot |
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> Actually, he set up a 32-bit VM, in which case he may have been able to do |
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> c) Install Windows in the VM. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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OK, that's a different reading of his words. You are likely correct, |
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and that's identical to what I do using VMWare to run 32-bit XP or |
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Virtualbox to run 64-bit Win 7. No reason for VMWare other than it's |
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the one I started with. I've found over the last year I prefer |
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Virtualbox. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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