On 13/01/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:06 -0800, Fong Vang wrote: > > Is it possible compile an a new x86_64 kernel on an i686 CentOS > > system? > > no, you need to do it from an x86_64 machine. Not strictly true, it is possible to build a x86_64 kernel on an i686 using a cross compiler - I rebuilt my first x86_64 kernel in this way ... If you _really_ want to do it, googling for 'cross compiler x86_64' will produce many pointers, but I wouldn't recommend going there ... James Pearson