Re: [bitfolk] Another prod regarding 32-bit guests

Hi Ross, On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:35:18PM +1200, Ross Younger via users wrote: That is correct. When you boot a 64-bit kernel, that is a 64-bit guest that just happens to run some 32-bit binaries (until you decide to replace all the 32-bit binaries, which maybe you never do). For anyone else wondering, on Debian and Ubuntu it is pretty easy to change to a 64-bit kernel as long as you're running a reasonably modern release. Details here: https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading You'd only go as far as the kernel bit. Maybe not even go as far as changing dpkg (which is what decides if your userland is 32- or 64-bit by default). It's trying to reinstall all the packages as 64-bit that tends to be the tricky part, where it is easy to accidentally remove essential system packages like coreutils and ifupdown. The main downside of this is that it's not a common setup for Debian/Ubuntu so you might run into weird bugs and the first thing the package maintainers will probably say is, "try it without doing that." Just to clarify, while kernel versions 4.11 and higher support booting in PVH mode, to do so does require configuration on the BitFolk side, so this is a medium term project for us to move customers to that where feasible. Sadly it will not just happen by you running a new enough kernel. We have to test it thoroughly, which means booting, running for a while, install from scratch, suspend and restore, etc. It's going to take a little while. Yes, we can give you an extra VM for free for two weeks to carry out any reinstallation you might want to do. https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Migrating_to_a_new_VPS Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting