Re: Upgrade 32bit to 64bit
On Saturday 04 July 2009 12:47 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 07:20:01PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Sat,04.Jul.09, 11:44:09, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> > > I have an updated etch system running a 32 bit kernel that I want to
> > > upgrade to a lenny 64 bit kernel, etc. I have printed out the release
> > > notes, but
> >
> > What do you mean by "etc"? If you only want a 64 bit kernel then go
> > ahead and install it:
> >
> > # aptitude install linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64
> >
> > If you want to switch all your programs to 64 bit (the amd64 Debian
> > architecture) the safest and easiest way is to reinstall.
>
> I've actually migrated 32 bit to 64 bit in place, and it's surely not
> worth the effort. I second the suggestion to just reinstall. The
> process is essentially the same as reinstalling anyway, but it takes
> longer than the reinstall would!
Thank you both. That has answered my questions.
Mark
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