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. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA