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On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:03 PM, David Relson wrote: |
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>> Just a thought: Is it possible to compile a 64bit kernel and use him |
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>> on the current system? That way you could set up your new native |
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>> 64bit |
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>> system in a chroot before overwriting the old one and thus minimize |
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>> downtime to less than 15 minutes. |
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> Florian, |
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> That would be ideal! It's exactly what I'd do -- if it's |
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> doable. |
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> Hopefully the experts will point to a HOWTO :-> |
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This sounds like a way to infinite pain. (This is at first glance and |
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off the top of my head without looking into it, of course...) While |
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it may be possible to cross-compile a 64-bit kernel on a 32-bit |
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system, IIRC unless you have the right runtime libraries compiled for |
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64-bit you may have massive trouble getting the system to even come up. |
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But I'm not an expert on new and cool ways to try things, so your |
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mileage may vary. |
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