Re: question about AMD64 HOWTO
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En/La Clive Menzies ha escrit, a 21/04/05 12:00:
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| Hi Jonathan
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| I did a fresh amd64 install on a separate partition and then chrooted
| the 32bit system. However, my reading of the Howto suggests that you
| can install a 64 chroot from your 32bit system. Which means you won't
| lose your current install.
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| All of the 64bit stuff is on the alioth mirror and you will need thatin
| your sources.list to set up the chroot, I believe.
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| I've not done this but others may have ;)
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| Regards
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| Clive
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Hi Clive,
Thanks for that. Yes, the more I read, the more it seems you can install
amd64 onto an i386 system. The next question is what becomes of the
existing system? Specifically, I don't see why the /home directory
should be effected. I have a ~/bin directory but it's just stuff I wrote
and compiled myself and can do so easily on Amd64. The /usr directories
should be toast so it's just a question of getting the same packages (to
the extent they exist) on the new amd64 sources.list given in the Howto.
It would be nice if someone with experience installing amd64 over a i386
installation could chime in here. I've got a bunch of binaries in /opt
but I'm aware of the issues (they either run in amd64 or a through them
in chroot). Advice most welcome.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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