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| From | Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel |
| Date | 2020-12-04 17:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <BilYm-7so-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <Bi5qx-5Ie-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <Bi8HL-7OI-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <Bi8Rr-7S6-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <Bi8Rr-7S6-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <BihrH-4DA-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 04/12/2020 11:25, Steve McIntyre wrote: > 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... Wow that's a really nice tool. I am somewhat boggling, though, at the idea in the Instructions[1] of crossgrading from arm64 to amd64. What manner of machine can interpret both of those instruction sets?! [1] https://salsa.debian.org/crossgrading-team/debian-crossgrading/-/blob/master/INSTRUCTIONS.md#converting-an-arm64-system-to-amd64 -- Darac
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i386 debian to 64bit intel Jerry Mellon <jfmellon@netscape.net> - 2020-12-03 23:40 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel basti <mailinglist@unix-solution.de> - 2020-12-04 00:50 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 03:10 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-12-04 03:20 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 11:50 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2020-12-04 12:30 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2020-12-04 17:20 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-12-04 21:10 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-12-04 21:40 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2020-12-05 02:50 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-12-04 04:20 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 11:50 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-12-04 16:00 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-12-04 06:20 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-12-06 09:00 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-12-04 16:30 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-04 17:30 +0100
Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-12-04 18:10 +0100
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