Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel
Andrei wrote:
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>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.
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>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...
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