Re: Debian for x86-64 (AMD Opteron) and migration?

2003-06-16 Thread Arnd Bergmann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 16 June 2003 09:12, Emile van Bergen wrote: > # echo x86-64 >>/etc/dpkg/legal-archs > > or, if ordering matters, > > # echo x86-64 >/etc/dpkg/legal-archs.new > # cat /etc/dpkg/legal-archs >>/etc/dpkg/legal-archs.new > # mv /etc/dpkg/legal-ar

Re: Debian for x86-64 (AMD Opteron) and migration?

2003-06-16 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:33:35AM +0200, Xavier Roche wrote: > Then, a nice thing would be on Debian, for a regular user/administrator: > > - switch the disks to a Opteron box > - update the APT sources to a "Opteron" source, or to a "Opteron > migration" source > - then, use something like

Re: Debian for x86-64 (AMD Opteron) and migration?

2003-06-16 Thread Xavier Roche
Ok, a bit late in this thread, but just a small remark on the future Opteron port : we have to take a *great* care of the migration process. The main difference betweek Intel-64 and AMD-64, if I am correct, is that administrators can unplug their ix86 disk from the server, and replug it on a opte