Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] Can I create x86_64 livecd on 32bit box?

[Mads Kiilerich]

On 10/14/2011 01:33 PM, Tim Coote wrote:
> In principle, I'd have thought that this was possible, if where binaries need to be run in the creation process the inputs/outputs are compatible between the architectures and the mappings between which binaries to use are properly managed.

The binaries are compatible, but only in the opposite direction, so you 
can (mostly) run 32 bit binaries on 64 bit.
> however, it doesn't seem to work:
>
> setarch x86_64 livecd-creator -c whatever.ks
>
> simply returns:
> setarch: x86_64: Unrecognized architecture

You can use "setarch i686" on x86_64 to build 32 bit images - not the 
other way around.

/Mads