run amd64 binary on 32bit kernel ?

[juice99]

Hello, i have dedicated host in server4you.de, and i'm trying to reinstall their standard system.

i booted to rescue mode (its ubuntu 32bit), and i installed amd 64 debian on mounted disk, but i can't chroot there:

chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error

its becouse i'm booted to 32bit kernel, so it can't run /bin/bash that is 64bit

but without chrooting i will have trouble making this system able to boot i think. (how do i install lilo and such?)

so what can i do? i can't install any new software as ubuntu is mostly read-only (at least its /usr /bin and such)

of course i have writable space, but on other disk... any ideas?

i don't know german, so i can't even ask server4you.de users how they deal with it..

[vidd]

is the machine you are trying this on an AMD64??? If your hardware is x86, then you need to get the x86 version of debian.

As far as Ubuntu being mostly read-only, you can gain root access by going into the users and groups section (System-->Administration-->users and groups) check the "Show all users and groups" box, select "root" then the "properties" box and reset the password (you may be asked to enter your CURRENT USER password). Then you go into the Login Screen Setup (System-->Administration-->Login Screen Setup) , click the "Security" tab and check the "Allow root to login with GDM" You can then log out of the current user and log in as root and have access to the entire system to do whatever you want without needing to SUDO anything