[Lxc-users] How to create a 32-bit container?

[Serge Hallyn]

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't pretty easily be able to
implement it.  Look at the other templates to see how they do it.

Quoting Kim C. Callis (kim.callis at gmail.com):
> The problem seems to be in the template for the centos. As it stands it
> doesn't allow for me to change the build type...
> 
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:59 PM, alvaro miranda <kikitux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes you can, and it will work.
> >
> > With the lxc-oracle I am able to create containers 32 and 64 bits on a
> > 64bit host.
> >
> >
> > From: "Kim C. Callis" <kim.callis at gmail.com>
> > Date: Monday, 11 February 2013 4:29 PM
> > To: <lxc-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Lxc-users] How to create a 32-bit container?
> >
> > Ok, back to the original question... It would seem that lxc-centos does
> > not make use of the --arch switch to specify the architecture of the build.
> > So would it stand to be true that there is no way currently to create a
> > 32-bit container on a 64-bit host? Or could I get creative, load a 32-bit
> > version of Ubuntu via KVM/qemu, then build create a 32-bit version of
> > centos, and then tar up and move the directory to my 64-bit host? Or am I
> > just burning up cycles and destined to watch it blow up when I transfer it
> > to the 64 bit host?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Kim C. Callis <kim.callis at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, I believe that I have found the answer in the
> >> help.ubuntu.com/12.10/serverguide/lxc.html guide. It would seem that I
> >> can pass -a i386 to the creation of the lxc-create and should be good to
> >> go. I will give that a try and see if that works!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Kim C. Callis <kim.callis at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am still playing around with the centos container, and was curious is
> >>> if I could make a 32-bit container even if it being built on a 64-bit
> >>> host?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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