On 04/12/2020 11:25, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Andrei wrote: >> -=-=-=-=-=- >> >> On Jo, 03 dec 20, 20:17:25, John Hasler wrote: >>> Jerry Mellon wrote: >>>> I am new to linux and made the mistake of loading the i386 Debian >>>> release 10 onto my 64bit intel system. I now want to put the 64bit >>>> version for intel on the system. >>>> Do I have to backup the data I have in my $HOME directory to load after >>>> loading the 64bit version... >>> Since you are new to Linux, yes. There are other solutions but they are >>> too complicated for you at this point. >> The other solutions are very complicated also for advanced users and >> most likely not worth the trouble. >> >> Reinstalling is probably faster and easier, especially if you already >> have good backups of your data and configs. >> >> There is also little incentive in improving them as the number of i386 >> installs that are worth cross-grading is probably quite low and >> decreasing daily. > We finally have a cross-grading option in Debian that takes away a lot > of the pain: > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/debian-crossgrader > > but it's definitely not something I'd recommend for a novice yet... Wow that's a really nice tool. I am somewhat boggling, though, at the idea in the Instructions[1] of crossgrading from arm64 to amd64. What manner of machine can interpret both of those instruction sets?! [1] https://salsa.debian.org/crossgrading-team/debian-crossgrading/-/blob/master/INSTRUCTIONS.md#converting-an-arm64-system-to-amd64 -- Darac
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