On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:52:52AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > There was a thread on here a month or two ago about this same topic. The I found it. IMHO it helps, thanks. > 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. I found that webpage: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/debian_arch_up/index.html At first glance, it looks sane to me. Comments are welcome ;) Bye, Joerg
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