Non-native architectures (corr.)

[Misha Shnurapet]

Sorry for sending it twice, I forgot the most important thing.

Hi.

Currently, running an x86_64 system I can also re-spin 32-bit versions
by using "setarch i686" in the command line:

su -c "setarch i686 livecd-creator
--config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks"

But it does not work other way around. For example,

su -c "setarch x86_64 livecd-creator
--config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks"

gives an error _if run on 32-bit Fedora_. Same for another architecture.
I think there's something
wrong with this. Is it possible to create spins for other architectures?
Can it be fixed?

Thank you.

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Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor
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[Scott Dowdle]

Greetings,

----- Original Message -----
>  Currently, running an x86_64 system I can also re-spin 32-bit
> versions
>  by using "setarch i686" in the command line:
>  
>  su -c "setarch i686 livecd-creator
>  --config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks"
>  
>  But it does not work other way around. For example,
>  
>  su -c "setarch x86_64 livecd-creator
>  --config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks"
>  
>  gives an error _if run on 32-bit Fedora_. Same for another
>  architecture. I think there's something
>  wrong with this. Is it possible to create spins for other
>  architectures? Can it be fixed? 
I don't know the answer to your question about setarch but how I do it on an x86_64
machine is to use KVM.  Make a 32-bit VM and a 64-bit VM and just do the build within
them.  Of course that requires quite a bit of disk space but it works well for me.

TYL,
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[Jasper Hartline]

In your kickstart file you need to set $basearch to x86_64 or i386
depending on what you are building for.
Likewise for $releasever you can make it 11, 12 or 13.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Misha Shnurapet <zayzayats(a)yandex.ru&gt; wrote:
>  Sorry for sending it twice, I forgot the most important thing.
>
>  Hi.
>
>  Currently, running an x86_64 system I can also re-spin 32-bit versions
>  by using "setarch i686" in the command line: