Thank you for your response!
> You could set up a chroot-ed 32 bits Debian on your 64 bit machine and > compile Debian inside. Apologize for being ignorant but will I be to do "make xconfig" in the chroot environment or will I have to rely on the "make menuconfig"? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:07:08 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Compiling 32-bit Debian Kernel on a 64-bit Debian OS on a 64-bit > machine > > Kushal Koolwal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am running Debian Lenny (64-bit) on my new AMD X2 64-bit Dual Core >> processor. I would like to compile a 32-bit Debian kernel for my Intel >> Mobile processor machine. How can I do that? I usually compile Debian kernel >> 'the Debian way' i.e. using make-kpkg. > > You could set up a chroot-ed 32 bits Debian on your 64 bit machine and > compile Debian inside. For example, I use schroot with the following in > /etc/schroot/schroot.conf > > > [lenny32] > description=Debian Lenny 32bits > location=/Lenny32 > priority=2 > users=basile > groups=basile,adm > root-groups=adm,basile > aliases=default > personality=linux32 > > The personality line is important. This uses the personality syscall so > that in the schroot-ed lenny32 the uname call gives the illusion of a 32 > bits machine. > > Happy New Year 2009. > > Regards. > > -- > Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ > email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 > 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France > *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} *** > membre de l'APRIL "promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre" > Rejoignez maitenant pplus de 3700 adhérents http://www.april.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ It’s the same Hotmail®. If by “same” you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

