Setting up nfsroot for x64 on x86-server?

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:06:33 +0100, Sven Schumacher <schumacher at tfd.uni-hannover.de> said:

    > is there a way, to set up an fai-config-server with nfsroot on an 
    > x86-based server, if the target-architecture is x64?
You mean creating an x64_64 (aka amd64) nfsroot on an i386 machine?
No, normally this is not possible, since fai-make-nfsroot does a
chroot into the new nfsroot and so the kernel must execute commands
inside the nfsroot which are 64bit.

Yes, it's possible, but only if your host is running a 64bit kernel.
Then the userland tools on your host can remain 32bit tools, but the
kernel will able to execute 64bit executables inside the nfsroot.

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regards Thomas