Hi On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 09:16 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:25:00PM +0100, Tom Vajzovic wrote:
>> I would like to dual boot Linux i386 and amd64. >> >> My amd64 processor will run either quite happily, but not at the same >> time. >> >> I think perhaps that I need separate /usr partitions, and I hope >> that at least /home could be shared, and maybe /etc and /var as well. >> >> The reason to do this is that I sometimes want to run binary only >> libraries and apps that are 32 bit, but the rest of the time I want >> to use the full 64. > I don't think anything except /home can be shared. amd64 has 64-bit > programs in /usr and i386 has programs by the same name in the same > place. /etc is different. > > Did you know that there are 32-bit libs available to run most 32-bit > apps under amd64? > > Perhaps you should tell us what you really want to do under amd64 that > you can't at the moment. I have a header & binary only library (.so) that is compiled for i386. I need it to control a piece of lab equipment. How can I compile my program and link it with the 32 bit libraries? Do I have to compile my whole program with a 32 bit target? How do I do that? Alternatively can I have some .o compiled for amd64 and linking to the 64 bit c library and other libraries, and still call the functions in my 32 bit library? How do I do that? Thanks Tom PS to Doug: sorry for the two copies of this, the first time I replied I assumed that the Reply-To would have put the message on list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
