On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote:
> A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from > oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly > installed Xubuntu 16.04 on it and it's been fine. > > It now turns out that I used a USB containing the 32bit distribution > instead of the 64bit, so I wanted to know if there is a way to "upgrade" > in place from a 32bit 16.04 to 64bit 16.04 > > The 745 runs a 64bit processor and architecture, from what I have been > able to determine (at least, it boots from the 64bit ISO on a USB stick, > and everything seems to run OK). > > Or do I have to do a from-scratch installation (not a major problem, as > /home is on a separate partition, and most all the important stuff is on > SVN repos). > > ///Peter > > You would be better off reinstalling your system using a 64bit distro. There has been talk about a successful upgrade from a 32bit core to a 64bit one. Yet that procedure is not fail-proof and might require you to compile your own kernel. Debian has a procedure for this particular activity. I suggest, set aside a 24hour day to preform these steps. https://wiki.debian.org/Migrate32To64Bit. Yet this is a debian procedure designed for debian systems. I still wouldn't try it. You be better off backing up any critical files you have (docs, scripts, config files) and reinstalling a 64bit distro Istimsak > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- "Collaboration is the new innovation" (Istimsak Abdulbasir, 2016)
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