Re: [gentoo-user] chroot

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Monday 27 March 2006 18:30, JimD <Jim@×××××××××××××××××.org> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] chroot':
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:16:31 -0600
>
> "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
> > There /could/ be issues if you booted from a livecd that has a
> > different CHOST than you are building the system for, but if you are
> > doing something that crazy, I'd hope you'd tell us in your initial
> > email.               ^^^^^
>
> Errr... I actually was going to build an x86 version under my amd64
> Gentoo.  I was planing on having them on different partitions for
> testing.

That's fine, but make sure you use "linux32 
chroot /path/to/chroot /chroot/shell" -- that'll fix up your CHOST.

How much RAM do you have?  <4G, you might just go with a full 32-bit 
userland and only a 64-bit kernel.

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