Re: Root location
Greg Wooledge wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>>
>> > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can).
>>
>> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall
>
>This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and
>"upgrade"). It is NOT supported. However, some advanced people have
>done it. There's a wiki page about it.
>
>I've never done it. I've never even ATTEMPTED it. I would not
>recommend it, particularly to a novice.
>
>If the OP wants to run a 64-bit OS in the end, they should install a
>64-bit OS to begin with.
We finally now have a cross-grading tool in Debian:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/debian-crossgrader
written by Kevin Wu as a GSoC project last year. It has worked well
for me in testing!
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