On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 01:29:38PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:45:00AM +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Holger Levsen wrote: > > > which solution do you think is better? the cross-installer (isnt there > > > one for amd64 already?) or the native installer? > > > > There is currently no cross-installer for amd64 as far as I know. > > > > There is not even a 64-bit kernel flavor in the i386 repository. > > There was one some time ago but it has been discontinued. > > > > I do not think that there is a 'better' solution. Both solutions > > have their place. The amd64 native 64-bit installer should not be > > dropped just because the i386 32-bit installer can be used to > > cross-install amd64. The same is true for the ppc64 case in my opinion. > > > > Anyway, at the moment the native 64-bit installer is the only one > > that works for the ppc64 installation. But it would certainly be > > helpful to get the cross-installation option also implemented. > > Another question regarding cross-installation: > > Would the cross-installer allow installation across architectures? > > Examples Given: > * On a recent Macintosh (powerpc) doing the install > and take the SCSI-disk to an old Mac (m68k) > * On an AMD64 computer doing the install > and serve the network-disk to a ARM system.
Yes and no. IT would allow to do such install in the same way that cross-debootstrap works, but hardware detection and kernel/ramdisk installation are issues which need to be worked on. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
