Due to some constrain imposed by the programmers I need to install a 32bit linux on a amd64. Right now, the only livecd that I was able to get at least something bootable but a long way from functionnal is the last beta livecd for amd64 that Brad put up that included lvm2, md support and a 2.6 kernel.
I need all of these since the 2.6 kernel includes the correct drivers for the sATA controller included in the Asus K8V DLX, I need md support because I have to make a software raid1 array and lvm2 support well because it's really useful
.As of right now, I have been able to make raid1 arrays and create functionnal lv's on top of them. I'm using a 1.4 stage3 athlon xp tarball because the 2004.0 brokes because I am separating / and /usr (and many others). It is bootable and I have been able to build a 32bit kernel using the "make ARCH=i386" trick. But at boot it's mostly broken not even recognising the array as a physical volume in the lvm (which is already activated), modprobe.conf is missing, some binairies are missing too etc etc etc.
I was wondering if anyone were able to do a full 32bit install using gentoo on an amd64 and how did you do it. I would be glad to provide config file listing or anything that might be useful or even my little guide book that I've writen to make sure I do it right (at least in full 64bit it works flawlessly
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Let me tell you, that spare boot drive came in handy long after I expected it to.
