On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 01:44:51PM -0700, Shane wrote: > Hello all, > > I've installed the etch amd64 distribution before but now I > have an install i386 machine which is getting its board/cpu > changed out for an em64t unit. I'd like to migrate to > amd64 on this machine if possible but is reinstalling the > distribution my only option? It's a devel box so has all > sorts of configured packages I don't wanna redo. Is there > a migration path available which say installs the 64 bit > libraries and reinstalls the 32 bit packages? > > Cheers, Hi Shane, are you looking to improve the speed or something else? I think you can change the kernel which does a fair amount of processing by 'apt-get install'ing a 64 bit kernel. Maybe benchmark with 32 and 64 bit to see the difference. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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