First of all, hello to the list. I just got me a shiny new amd64 3000+ so I put crux64 on it naturally. Overall it's a good effort, I just have some problems with the structure in reguards to how 32bit compatability is handled. The use of lib32/lib64 and port_name32 isn't really a good idea IMHO, what I have now is a 32bit chroot which I use whenever I find a peice of software that isn't amd64 ready, this technique keeps the system cleaner I feel and already a common practice on a number of systems, such as how linux compatability is handled on *BSD systems. I have started using this technique on my system and suggest that future versions of crux64 do the same. Here is how I migrated to a 32bit chroot # Install all the packages # mkdir -p /usr/compat/crux32/var/lib/pkg/ touch /usr/compat/crux32/var/lib/pkg/db mount /cdrom cd /cdrom/crux (cd base; for pkg in *; do pkgadd -r /usr/compat/crux32 $p) (cd opt; for pkg in *; do pkgadd -r /usr/compat/crux32 $p) (cd contrib; for pkg in *; do pkgadd -r /usr/compat/crux32 $p) # Set up some mountpoints, in /etc/fstab. Mainly to reduce data replication # /usr/ports /usr/compat/crux32/usr/ports none auto,bind 0 0 /usr/pkgmk/source /usr/compat/crux32/usr/pkgmk/source auto,bind 0 0 /home /usr/compat/crux32/home none auto,bind 0 0 /usr/src /usr/compat/crux32/usr/src none auto,bind 0 0 You might also want to add devfs,proc and sysfs mount points too Copy anything else that the 32bit chroot might need such as the contents of /etc/ports and /etc/{passwd,shadow,group} , and make any required changes to the config files. Reboot or mount all the new mount points and test: $ chroot /usr/compat/crux32 firefox But of course we all knew how to do that didn't we ;P I'll probably make a port for this at some stage so then if one wants, as it's all about choice isn't it, 32bit compatability you can just do; $ prt-get depinst crux32 or something along those lines -- Lucas Hazel <lucas-antispam.2@digitillogic.net> Student, BSDfreak School of Maths and Computer Science University of New England Armidale, Australia [http://cs.une.edu.au] [http://www.digitillogic.net] ================================================= "Clothes make the man. Naked men are rarely taken seriously, or given employment." (Mark Twain) =================================================