On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 05:08:37PM -0700, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I'm about to replace one of my old 32-bit x86 Debian boxes with a > 64-bit; I'll actually just be moving the disk drives out of the old box > into the new one and doing any minor configuration changes that'll be > neede (which will be very minor). So, while I'm at it, I'm curious -- > is there any clean way to do an update that will simply replace all the > 32 bit packages with 64 (and do all the other necessary multiarch > stuff)?
It depends. Arguably the cleanest solution is to re-install using a 64-bit installer. However, this will blow away your configuration, choice of packages and so on. If you want to cross-grade, the accepted procedure is detailed here: https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading > > I'm not actually doing anything with it that will require 64 bits; if > the answer is "no" I'll simply continue to run it as a 32 bit machine. > > So, is it possible? > > Thanks, > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/1btxbe3jwa....@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net >
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