On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:51:26PM +0200, Tilo Stritzky wrote:
 
> I just got a brand new office PC, 64bit CPU. But I'm stuck with some
> Apps in i386 compatibility. So I installed i386 for work. Next week I'm
> going to get an USB stick and put an amd64 install on it, for play :)
> 

In Debian amd64 Etch (stable), there is no way to use flashplayer (a
32-bit binary plugin that requires a 32-bit browser.  To use it, you
have to set up a 32-bit chroot.  It never has to boot, just be a
complete chroot in which to run the 32-bit browser and its plug-ins.
The 64-bit kernel can run 32-bit apps if they have 32-bit libraries
(which they do in the 32-bit chroot).  Is there no way to do this in
OpenBSD for your i386 apps or will the amd64 kernel not run 32-bit apps?

Note that Debian Lenny (testing) and Sid (unstable) have a
plugin-wrapper that translates 32-bit calls so that 32-bit plugins can
run with a 64-bit browser, removing the need for a chroot for this use.

Doug.

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