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On Sonntag, 24. August 2008, Anthony Metcalf wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Friday 22 August 2008 17:48:32 Anthony Metcalf wrote: |
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> >> What about re-building every single package, and re-installing it isn't |
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> >> a complete -reinstall? |
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> >> |
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> >> I can understand that this wouldn't work without the re-boot to live cd |
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> >> step, as you would end up with incompatible libraries/binaries, and with |
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> >> a 32bit kernel trying to run 64bit apps and crap.....but this should |
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> >> avoid all that, with minimal downtime..... |
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> > |
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> > Looks easy right? |
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> > |
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> > So, what tool chain on this 32 bit machine are you going to use to build |
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> > the 64 bit binaries you actually want to output? |
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> > You know you are going to do heaps of setup actions, build a new tool |
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> > chain then essentially do emerge -e world. |
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> > |
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> > Much easier to just copy stuff off a 64-bit stage3 then do emerge -e |
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> > world. |
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> Easier, probably, but I am bothered about downtime on this machine too, |
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> it doesn't do anything vital, but it is a mail server..From other |
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> responses though, it looks like it may be better to just get VMWare |
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> accepting that it is running on a 64bit CPU...... |
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> Thanks for all the rsponses! |
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why downtime? just create a directory, install the 64bit gentoo in that |
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directory. Tar everything up, boot from livecd, untar the tar into the old |
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system. Done. Downtime depends on the speed of your harddisks. Something |
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between 5 and 30minutes. Top. |
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Btw, why mailserver? |
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