Re: Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-10-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Aniyan Rajan wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Also the most important detail you left out. How much memory do you > > have? Do you have more than 4 gig of memory? > > No, I have only 2 gig. With only 2G of ram there is no significant advantage to you to be running a 64-bit system. Think about it

Re: Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-10-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 17.10.13 14:38, Bob Proulx wrote: Backup your data. Install a fresh 64-bit system. Copy your data back. I would back up /etc just for sure. we never know which config file was modified nd what you could want to restore -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/

Re: Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-10-18 Thread Florian Reitmeir
Hi, On 10/17/2013 11:00 AM, Aniyan Rajan wrote:> I have a Debian/Squeeze 32-bit stable release (6.0.3), which is natively > installed in my laptop. The processor is a 64-bit processor (Intel(R) > Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz). Now, I would like to upgrade the OS > to Wheezy 64-bit. I found th

Re: Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-10-18 Thread Hristo Topalov
64bit OS is needed if you want to run PROGRAM (ONE program such as DB etc.) which will take more than 4GB (per process) or to chroot in 64bit OS. Otherwise you don`t need a 64bit os. The easiest way to do is: - boot with live cd; - backup your important files ( e.g. from /etc/ ) to your /home/u