Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel

From	Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: i386 debian to 64bit intel
Date	2020-12-04 12:30 +0100
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Andrei wrote:
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>
>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.                                steve@einval.com
"You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane

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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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