[arch-general] Chroot 32bit under 64bit; Problems with kernel package

[Jordan Windsor]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Ionuț Bîru <ibiru at archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 07/25/2010 01:56 PM, Jordan Windsor wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Ionuț Bîru<ibiru at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 07/25/2010 01:13 PM, Jordan Windsor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Norbert Zeh<nzeh at cs.dal.ca>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> PT M. [2010.07.25 1606 +0800]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's the line "Architecture = auto" in the new pacman.conf, maybe
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> specify i686 here.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is exactly what resolved the problem for me.  Found this advice
>>>>> by googling a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Norbert
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>> How would I use mkarchroot to create a 32bit chroot under a 64bit
>>>> system?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> linux32 mkarchroot<chroot>/root base base-devel sudo
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ionuț
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help, unfortunately it didn't work here's the output:
>> http://pastebin.com/NBhLWJwm
>> Thanks.
>
> that would work only if you have the new syntax in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
> containing $arch
>
> --
> Ionuț
>

How does mkarchroot & makechrootpkg differ from the non devtools
route? (Kinda new to chroots)
Also if I set up a system with mkarchroot should I chroot into it or
should I use another method?

Thanks