On Wednesday, 08 May, 2013 22:45:23 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > On Wed 08 May 2013 at 20:05:24 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > Is there now an in-place method to upgrade a Debian Sid box to 64 bit? > > Hey, guess what 'upgrade 32 bit debian to 64 bit' brings up in a search > engine? > > http://wiki.debian.org/Migrate32To64Bit > > A wiki page! And in its conclusion it says: > > I've done this procedure many times beleive it or not, it's safe, > real geeks could even enjoy it. And if you failed (but you would not!) > then you could still install the system in the way you would done > without this guide. > > There you are. Try it and contribute your experience. Thumbs up or > thumbs down?
I tried something akin to this last year (before multiarch). debootstrap'd a 64 bit system, installed all the packages, moved around my /bin, etc. Went to rescue, resymlinked /lib, etc. The thing actually booted. Fonts were screwed up an kde would not start correctly. Went to rescue, undid all the moves and after a fashion, undid any lingering "damage." No, I mean something using multiarch. I would go to 64 bit, period, but would even try something like: Boot 64-bit kernel, check boot command, uname, script symlinks to 64 bit bins, libs with fallback paths to 32; boot 32bit, the opposite. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201305082313.10223.d_ba...@012.net.il
