Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Jul 2017 at 11:34:20 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 05 July 2017 07:58:26 Matthew Crews wrote: > > > >Now that I know that I'm 64 bit capable. Would I see any benefit in > > >switching? > > > > I would switch to AMD64 if you are comfortable with reinstalling > > Debian. You

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 05 July 2017 07:58:26 Matthew Crews wrote: > >Now that I know that I'm 64 bit capable. Would I see any benefit in > >switching? > > I would switch to AMD64 if you are comfortable with reinstalling > Debian. You will see a performance increase, even on a minimally > spec'd system. (I'm

RE: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread Matthew Crews
>Now that I know that I'm 64 bit capable. Would I see any benefit in >switching? I would switch to AMD64 if you are comfortable with reinstalling Debian. You will see a performance increase, even on a minimally spec'd system. (I'm not sure its possible to convert a live install from 32-bit to 64-b

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2017-07-05 06:26 (UTC-0500): > Now that I know that I'm 64 bit capable. Would I see any benefit in > switching? > [I don't have any interest in grapic intensive apps. I don't do anything > that my old WinXP machine didn't handle OK.] Is more than 3G RAM is installed?

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/04/2017 02:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2017-07-04 20:19 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: On 04-07-17, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2017-07-04 17:33 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: Several. To see your cpu, type lscpu. Architecture is first in output. That's not correct, or at least not useful. The a

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/04/2017 01:20 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Curt composed on 2017-07-04 17:53 (UTC): Richard Owlett wrote: Thank you. I've i686 processors on both machines within reach [as I suspected] I'll have to spend some time on man page for inxi to fully appreciate it. But i686 is 32 bit isn't it?

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-07-04 20:19 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 04-07-17, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2017-07-04 17:33 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: >> > >> > Several. To see your cpu, type lscpu. Architecture is first in output. >> >> That's not correct, or at least not useful. The architecture is what >> uname(2

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-07-04 18:39 +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-07-04, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> >>> Several. To see your cpu, type lscpu. Architecture is first in output. >> >> That's not correct, or at least not useful. The architecture is what >> uname(2) reports, and if the system is currently running a 32-b

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-04, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> Several. To see your cpu, type lscpu. Architecture is first in output. > > That's not correct, or at least not useful. The architecture is what > uname(2) reports, and if the system is currently running a 32-bit > kernel, it will be "i686" no matter if the

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Felix Miata
Curt composed on 2017-07-04 17:53 (UTC): > Richard Owlett wrote: >> Thank you. I've i686 processors on both machines within reach ]as I >> suspected] >> I'll have to spend some time on man page for inxi to fully appreciate it. > But i686 is 32 bit isn't it? Some are 32, others are 64. 'cat /pr

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 04-07-17, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-07-04 17:33 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > > On 04-07-17, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I have been running Debian i386 since Squeeze. At that time it was required > >> as I was considering supporting some donated 32 bit machines at church. I > >> don't recal

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-07-04 17:33 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 04-07-17, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I have been running Debian i386 since Squeeze. At that time it was required >> as I was considering supporting some donated 32 bit machines at church. I >> don't recall what processor was in my personal machine a

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-04, Richard Owlett wrote: >> informations. >> > > Thank you. I've i686 processors on both machines within reach ]as I > suspected] > I'll have to spend some time on man page for inxi to fully appreciate it. But i686 is 32 bit isn't it? > I'm not aware of anything I routinely use that

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/04/2017 10:33 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: On 04-07-17, Richard Owlett wrote: I have been running Debian i386 since Squeeze. At that time it was required as I was considering supporting some donated 32 bit machines at church. I don't recall what processor was in my personal machine at that time.

Re: Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 04-07-17, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have been running Debian i386 since Squeeze. At that time it was required > as I was considering supporting some donated 32 bit machines at church. I > don't recall what processor was in my personal machine at that time. I've > never had cause to investigate t

Switching from Debian i386 to AMD64

2017-07-04 Thread Richard Owlett
I have been running Debian i386 since Squeeze. At that time it was required as I was considering supporting some donated 32 bit machines at church. I don't recall what processor was in my personal machine at that time. I've never had cause to investigate the processors in my current laptops and

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-02 Thread Angus Hedger
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Charles Kroeger < ckro...@frankensteinface.com> wrote: > > > You're right Angus, and I did take precautions, that is why I was still > able > to post to the newsgroup, however I thought maybe an extra emphasis > wouldn't > hurt. I'm not confident that getting the u

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-02 Thread Charles Kroeger
> I think I'll just wait for: > > aptitude -a amd64 --arch_upgrade > > Surely that's right around the corner... Maybe for Squeeze? > > :) > > James Damn right, keep a watch on your /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg file for an upgrade. -- C. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-02 Thread Charles Kroeger
> Anyway, I think the huge **WARNING** notes should have been enough to let > you know the whole thing was not without risk ;) > > Regards, > > Angus > You're right Angus, and I did take precautions, that is why I was still able to post to the newsgroup, however I thought maybe an extra emphas

RE: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-01 Thread James Zuelow
I think I'll just wait for: aptitude -a amd64 --arch_upgrade Surely that's right around the corner... Maybe for Squeeze? :) James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-01 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Charles Kroeger < ckro...@frankensteinface.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions. > > I had a go with the above site using the powerful command: > > #dpkg --force-depends --force-architecture --force-overwrite -i > > to install the suggested libs: > > ia32-l

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-01 Thread Charles Kroeger
> You were already told that a reinstall is most definitely the easiest, > fastest and safest procedure. But if you want to try it: > > http://teddyb.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/debian_arch_up/ Thanks for all the suggestions. I had a go with the above site using the powerful command: #dpkg --force-d

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-01 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 17:44 -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: > I would hope someone knows a command line solution. Is there a way > to safely morph the old architecture into the new, like purging the i686 > kernel for instance or configuring APT or dpkg to upgrade with amd64 > versions. You were a

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-02-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> However, it has transpired that it wasn't that simple to change from the i686 > kernel to amd64 even though my 32 packages will work under the amd64 kernel > Apt and Dpkg for instance don't seem to know this has happened. Others have already answered the "how to move

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-02-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Andrew Sackville-West put forth on 2/27/2010 7:53 PM: > It's been a while, but as I understand it, there is an -amd64 kernel > available in the -i686 repos, but that doesn't mean you're running in > the 64 bit architecture. That requires a number of other things to > happen, including changing to

Re: -i386 to amd64

2010-02-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 05:44:46PM -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: [...] > Before moving an image of the old [i686] partition to the new computer I > installed the amd64 kernel. I completed the install by using gparted from a > rescue disk to merge the larger new partition with the old smaller one fr

-i386 to amd64

2010-02-27 Thread Charles Kroeger
I've made a new computer my first ever and I'm very pleased with it. It uses an AMD phenon II 505 build cpu on an Ausus board with 8GB ram. I used an amd64 net-installer to create the partitions and swap file on the new and larger hard drive of the new machine. Before moving an image of the old [

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Hey Boyd, Putting back the discussion on the list. =) Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escreveu: On Sunday 09 November 2008 21:03, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escreveu: Looks like mangle doesn't like the (a) the system it is running on or (b) your lists of Packages. I'm betting

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Sven Joachim escreveu: On 2008-11-10 02:04 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Well, then maybe you can help me out here: vinicius:/home/vinicius# apt-get install ia32-libs-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ia32-libs-tools is already

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-11-10 02:04 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Well, then maybe you can help me out here: > > vinicius:/home/vinicius# apt-get install ia32-libs-tools > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > ia32-libs-tools is already the newest ve

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-09 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Thanks Boyd, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escreveu: On Sunday 09 November 2008 19:04, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Sven Joachim escreveu: Setting up ia32-libs-tools (11) ... mangle: ia32-libs-tools/mangle.cc:231: size_t PkgDepAnd::parse(std::string&, size_t): Assertion `is_name(s[offset])' failed. /va

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 09 November 2008 19:04, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Sven Joachim escreveu: > Setting up ia32-libs-tools (11) ... > mangle: ia32-libs-tools/mangle.cc:231: size_t > PkgDepAnd::parse(std::string&, size_t): Assertion `is_name(s[offset])' > failed. > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ia32-libs-tools.postin

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-09 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Sven Joachim escreveu: On 2008-11-09 03:51 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Sven Joachim escreveu: On 2008-11-08 17:06 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Is there any way to build amd64 packages from i386? There is probably more than one way, but assuming you have a 64-bit processor (if n

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-11-09 03:51 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Sven Joachim escreveu: >> On 2008-11-08 17:06 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: >> >>> Is there any way to build amd64 packages from i386? >> >> There is probably more than one way, but assuming you have a 64-bit >> processor (if not, why w

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-08 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Sven Joachim escreveu: On 2008-11-08 17:06 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: Is there any way to build amd64 packages from i386? There is probably more than one way, but assuming you have a 64-bit processor (if not, why would you want to build packages for it?), the easiest solution is to bo

Re: i386 to amd64

2008-11-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-11-08 17:06 +0100, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Is there any way to build amd64 packages from i386? There is probably more than one way, but assuming you have a 64-bit processor (if not, why would you want to build packages for it?), the easiest solution is to boot with a 64-bit kernel a

i386 to amd64

2008-11-08 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Hi! Is there any way to build amd64 packages from i386? Thanks! -- Vinicius http://vinicius.soylocoporti.org.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Migrating from i386 to amd64

2006-08-07 Thread Kevin Mark
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 rein

Re: Migrating from i386 to amd64

2006-08-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/08/06 13:44), Shane wrote: > 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 o