On 24/01/13 09:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote:
From: Gary Dale [mailto:garyd...@rogers.com]
I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness
within
the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can I go
from
32-bit kernel-arch + 32-bit userland =>
64-bit kernel-arch + 32-bit userland =>
64-bit kernel-arch + 64-bit userland
within Debian Squeeze or Wheezy, or Bodhi Lucid or Precise?
Advice?
Yes. You can add the AMD64 architecture then install an AMD64 kernel,
reboot into it and you're running a 64bit system.
I suspect there is more to it than that, but I've done it in the past
and it did give me a bootable 64bit system.
From: Darac Marjal [mailto:mailingl...@darac.org.uk]
Because this web page could do with more promotion:
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser?highlight=%28debian-user%29#Are_cr
oss-grades_possible.3F
Thank you both. Is good to know. Does anyone have any recent, direct
experience doing this? What are the pitfalls?
You may be running more 32bit software than you would if you had done a
clean install. Also, clean installs are generally (as the name suggests)
cleaner than upgrades. There may be some unnecessary files hanging
around on your hard drive that aren't really needed in the new architecture.
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