From: Aioanei Rares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>2008/11/19 Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> The system started life out as a 32bit etch install. Then later I did an upgrade to Lenny (~5 months ago) and it has been running smooth since. >>> >>> Since the drives were all formated as ext3 with a 32bit Etch install, should I expect any problems with the ext3 file system when I install a 64bit Lenny? >>As far as I understand it filesystems aren't tied to a specific >>processor type or architecture. You should be safe with whatever >>choice you make. >> >>Adrian > >Yes, filesystems don't really care if you're on 32-bit or 64-bit, so I don't think you should >worry. OK. I won't. :-) I was trying to read up on the subject as best as I could. From what I understand, most of what the 64bit format provides is bigger block sizes and a larger filesystem (+8TB). However, I only have drives in the hundreds of GB not in the TB range (I wish...but don't we all). It is my understanding that 64bit carries full backwards compatibility, but I really wanted to verify first. So now all that is left is to give the upgrade a shot and see what happens. Besides...I have backups. :-) Thanks for your input guys! ~S~
