On Saturday 04 July 2009 12:47 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 07:20:01PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat,04.Jul.09, 11:44:09, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > I have an updated etch system running a 32 bit kernel that I want to > > > upgrade to a lenny 64 bit kernel, etc. I have printed out the release > > > notes, but > > > > What do you mean by "etc"? If you only want a 64 bit kernel then go > > ahead and install it: > > > > # aptitude install linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 > > > > If you want to switch all your programs to 64 bit (the amd64 Debian > > architecture) the safest and easiest way is to reinstall. > > I've actually migrated 32 bit to 64 bit in place, and it's surely not > worth the effort. I second the suggestion to just reinstall. The > process is essentially the same as reinstalling anyway, but it takes > longer than the reinstall would!
Thank you both. That has answered my questions. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
