From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 15:36:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8D91065686 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris27wjoyner@yahoo.com) Received: from web56713.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56713.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.97.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A0BA58FC1B for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris27wjoyner@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 17448 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Aug 2008 15:36:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=5Og4cHk/G9x4bmYabWVFTEyPQGSglS7GNkJfJm4rYD2cMH68uAWhEtVkmTtY55iaGZr8hAF9nyb/YVRoGiDzEoN0z3sgNOGpyJ4X7bs7/5cerrnnHRRk4eIaSs4a1YIhtmn/h123ejAPb5vQmoexDCC7nm0wxMlUn0/IOV1Lb5Y=; Received: from [74.235.156.113] by web56713.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:44 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1042.48 YahooMailWebService/0.7.218 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Joyner To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <804778.17202.qm@web56713.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:56 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: Is it possible to run i386 only, on a amd64 freebsd 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Christopher Joyner List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:46 -0000 Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > he was asking about ports that are labled as "i386 only" "Well, he didn't mention building ports. He only said *running* i386 software on amd64, which is certainly possible. Whether "i386 only" packages will run on amd64 depends on the reason why they're marked as such. If they contain kernel code (such as the nvidia binary driver), then it won't work. Otherwise it should work. However, it is important to know that i386 binaries can only be linked with i386 libraries. So if you need to run an third-party i386 binary that requires a third- party library, then that library must be i386, too. Best regards Oliver" O.K I understand that. So I can see that unless I have an i386 FreeBSD build, I really cannot install those i386 only software titles. In that situation I assume I can only use amd64 ports and software. I have an idea though, would it be possible to build a i386 FreeBSD on an another partition. And use it to run i386 software while using the amd64 FreeBSD? Christopher Wesley,