Can I have a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland ?

[john wendel]

On 07/24/2009 08:35 AM, Steve Berg wrote:
>> On 07/24/2009 12:53 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
>>> john wendel wrote:
>>>> Anyone have a simple recipe for building a Fedora system with a 64-bit
>>>> kernel and only 32-bit applications?
>
>> I tried it, using the kernel from my F10 64-bit system on a F11 32-bit
>> box. No luck. I suspect that the initial ramdisk was the problem.
>
> Ok, I haven't tried this but I think my first attempt would be to install
> a 64-bit system with a bare minimum of packages.  Then install all the
> userland applications from the 32-bit repos.

Sounds sensible to me. I'll try it this weekend.

Thanks,

John