On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk>wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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> > tinkywinky wrote:
> > > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd
> like
> > > to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without
> having
> > > to reinstall?
> >
> > There is a very simple way: just install the linux-image-*-amd64 and
> > boot into that kernel. This will run a 64bit kernel with your 32bit
> > system. It won't be 'fully' 64, but for me it's 64bit enough on my
> laptop.
> >
> > I don't really know how much real life improvement a fresh install of
> > amd64 would yield, but I guess for most desktop systems it is not really
> > to worry about...
> > (Please correct me, if that's wrong or share any expererience on that)
> >
> > YMMV, cheers,
> >
> > Johannes
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> Reading your post, I found I'd been doing that for a long time without
> realizing it!. I've never had any problems; whether there is any benefit
> I've no idea.
>
> Anthony
All,
I was thnking of doing a 32 bit to 64 bit upgrade myself using the "dpkg
--get-selections"
and "dpkg --set-selections"route. This raises another question:
Can I install the 64 bit linux image, change my sources.list file to amd64
and do
a dist-upgrade?
Stuart
