[Tfug] Virtualox on Debian Lenny

[John Gruenenfelder]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 02:49:32AM -0000, Charles R. Kiss wrote:
> This sentence from the VirtualBox site is a little ambiguous:
>
> [/QUOTE]
> Note: The package architecture has to match the Linux kernel 
> architecture, that is, if you are running a 64-bit kernel, install the 
> appropriate AMD64 package (it does not matter if you have an Intel or an 
> AMD CPU). Mixed installations (e.g. Debian/Lenny ships an AMD64 kernel 
> with 32-bit packages) are not supported. To install VirtualBox anyway you 
> need to setup a 64-bit chroot environment.
> [/QUOTE]
>
> Does anyone believe this means that, for full functionality, one has to  
> set up a 64bit chroot for VirtualBox if using a Lenny Kernel??

I'd say far from ambiguous, but just plain wrong.  You just don't need a
chroot environment to run VBox.  Yes, it would *work* in such a thing, but it
is completely overkill.

All this message is saying is to match your kernel with your packages.  That's
generally the rule to follow for *any* software, not just VBox.  Have a 64bit
kernel?  Install 64bit packages.

Also, I am unaware of any official (or unofficial) Debian release which ships
a 64bit kernel and complete 32bit userspace.  I suppose such a thing should
function, but probably the only way to get it would be to compile the kernel
yourself.


P.S. Did anybody just get a big flood of messages covering the past five days
or so?  I did... even though I was still getting some TFUG messages during
that time.  All these new messages certainly did help to fill in some blanks
in threads that were confusing me, though.


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