Re: migrating to 64 bit...

[michael <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

On 16 Apr 2008, at 02:37, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:32:26PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote:
> > Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /,
> > reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps
> > that were installed and hopefully all the conf files in /home/user  
> > will
> > be compatible with the arch change of kde and other apps? (of  
> > course I
> > am only talking about if you have /home and a separate partition)
>
> Only formatting / will only work if you don't have a separte /usr or
> /var...
>
> I run amd64 Etch and have an i386 chroot for iceweasel with flash.
> Prior to that I had i386 Sarge on a different box.  The configs in / 
> home
> worked just fine.  I always migrate /etc by hand when I do a new
> install.

I presume you have iceweasel in an i386 chroot since there's no  
working flash for the 64 bit? This is something I am thinking of  
doing. I am starting from amd64 Etch (no other Debian on the system).  
Do I really need to install a full i386 Etch as implied by the Debian  
manual
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot
or is there a quicker/shorter way (that wastes less disk space)?

Thanks, Michael

> Doug.
>
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