On Thursday 23 February 2006 22:40, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Thursday 23 February 2006 15:31, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] chroot: cannot run command `bin/bash': Exec > > format error': > > On Thursday 23 February 2006 00:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > livecd gentoo # chroot /mnt/gentoo bin/bash > > > > chroot: cannot run command `bin/bash': Exec format error [SNIP] > > Will a 64 bit kernel be able to run a 32 bit bash? > > A 64-bit kernel will run 32-bit binaries fine... Um, there may be a needed > kernel option though... CONFIG_IA32_EMUL? Anyone?
I cannot seem to find any such kernel config option. > > In order to get a 64 > > bit kernel a have to set CFLAGS=-march=k8 > > Your CFLAGS in make.conf don't affect your kernel, normally. Didn't really think so either. It's just that I still get the Exec format error when I try to chroot. Is there a way to very that I really am running a 64 kernel? > I don't use > genkernel maybe it does some crazy magic like that. I don't either. > > and set the processor type to > > K8 in the kernel configuration, right? > > Just setting the proper processor type should build your kernel as 64-bit. Did do that. Thanks for your replies.. -- Bo Andresen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
