run amd64 binary on 32bit kernel ?

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..

 

 

 

 

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