On Mittwoch 05 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 18:22:00 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Mittwoch 05 November 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > > 2008/11/5 Momesso Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > So it is possible to chroot from a 32 to a 64 bit enviroment? And is > > > > it safe? > > > > > > AFAIK chroot from 32 to 64 bit is not possible. > > > > you are wrong. > > > > You can do it, BUT you need a 64bit kernel. > > Ah, but how often have you seen a 32 bit userland running atop a 64 bit > kernel? I've never seen it (unusual cases like a 32 bit Firefox on a 64 bit > system excepted)
just boot systemresucuecd with the 64bit kernel. You have a 32bit userland, 64bit kernel and you can chroot into 64bit systems without any problems at all. Done it several times.