Re: Lenny: which arch for a Intel Core 2 Duo?
On Mon January 5 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > so what would I need to do to run amd64 ??
> >
> > Re-install.
>
> It is, in theory, possible to start from a x86 system, build an amd64
> kernel, reboot and then walk your userland up to amd64 gradually. However,
> I've never seen/heard of it done in practice, and it would be a tricky
> (read: error-prone) set of steps.
>
> If you have some extra diskspace, you can even do the install in a chroot
> (debootstrap FTW!) and only reboot once it is complete, minimizing
> downtime.
so, in theory, if I had a spare slice of drivespace, I could do an amd64
install, using the same /home partition I now have, and have the capability
to go from I686 to amd64.. and back, it something broke..
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Paul Cartwright
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