On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 10:17 +0100, Joerg Dorchain wrote: > Hello, > > I have a system with an intel core 2 dou CPU, which currently runs fine > Debian-i386. > > I want to change it to amd64 with certain conditions: > > - Same package selection > - Same debconf > - Same config files > - Same disk afterwards > > as on current i386 when it runs amd64. --snip-- There was a thread on here a month or two ago about this same topic. The short version is that it IS possible to do this. However, I wouldn't recommend it as it's more trouble than its worth. Your best bet would be something simple like dpkg --get-selections > selections.list tar czf etc.tar.gz /etc/ Then just do a clean install of amd64 on a separate disk/partition, and then dpkg --set-selections < selections.list apt-get -f install cd / tar xzf etc.tar.gz Note that the commands above are just off the top of my head. If you use them and your system launches a nuclear weapon at your house, I'm not responsible. :) Make sure you know what each of them does before you do it. If you don't know and can't figure it out, don't do it. If you happen to have /home on a separate partition, you can just remount it later and you'll be all set. I did almost the exact above procedure about a year ago due to a corrupted root partition. I thankfully had both /etc and /home on a separate partition, so it was quite straightforward. It just took a couple of hours for all of the packages to install and I was up and running good as new. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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