Andrei wrote: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >On Jo, 03 dec 20, 20:17:25, John Hasler wrote: >> Jerry Mellon wrote: >> > I am new to linux and made the mistake of loading the i386 Debian >> > release 10 onto my 64bit intel system. I now want to put the 64bit >> > version for intel on the system. >> >> > Do I have to backup the data I have in my $HOME directory to load after >> > loading the 64bit version... >> >> Since you are new to Linux, yes. There are other solutions but they are >> too complicated for you at this point. > >The other solutions are very complicated also for advanced users and >most likely not worth the trouble. > >Reinstalling is probably faster and easier, especially if you already >have good backups of your data and configs. > >There is also little incentive in improving them as the number of i386 >installs that are worth cross-grading is probably quite low and >decreasing daily.
We finally have a cross-grading option in Debian that takes away a lot of the pain: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/debian-crossgrader but it's definitely not something I'd recommend for a novice yet... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane
