Re: From x86 to x86-64

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:08:39AM -0500, S Scharf wrote:
> All,
>     I was thnking of doing a 32 bit to 64 bit upgrade myself using the "dpkg
> --get-selections"
> and "dpkg --set-selections"route. This raises another question:
> 
> Can I install the 64 bit linux image, change my sources.list file to amd64
> and do
> a dist-upgrade?

If at all possible, I'd recommend your installing 64-bit
debian in a separate partition. That way, you can go back to
your operational 32-bit system if need be, and have a
way to troubleshoot 32/64 bit issues.

Good luck,

Joel

> 
> Stuart


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Joel Roth