Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-02-16 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/16/2009 08:33 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [snip] Hi Ron, just to let you know, if you have /home installed to /root and you have another OS installed or a Live CD to use you can delete all files except /home and then install no-format, if you get a warning after partit

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-02-15 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:08:39AM -0500, S Scharf wrote: > All, > I was thnking of doing a 32 bit to 64 bit upgrade myself using the "dpkg > --get-selections" > and "dpkg --set-selections"route. This raises another question: > > Can I install the 64 bit linux image, change my sources.list fil

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-02-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/15/2009 10:08 AM, S Scharf wrote: [snip] All, I was thnking of doing a 32 bit to 64 bit upgrade myself using the "dpkg --get-selections" and "dpkg --set-selections"route. This raises another question: Can I install the 64 bit linux image, change my sources.list file to amd64 and do a

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-02-15 Thread S Scharf
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 30 Jan 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > tinkywinky wrote: > > > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd > like > > > to change to use 64-bit ver

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Adrian Levi wrote: > On 31/01/2009, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 01/31/2009 02:57 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >>> clone new system to old-root-device >>> >> cp? >> > > I'd be interested in this as well. > cp -ax source destination does a great job. But my favorite is rsync.

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 Jan 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > tinkywinky wrote: > > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like > > to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having > > to reinstall? > > Th

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Adrian Levi
On 31/01/2009, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/31/2009 02:57 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > clone new system to old-root-device > > cp? I'd be interested in this as well. I just recently tried cloning a filesystem using cp and it worked except I was unable to su - to root. I could login to root direc

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Alan Ianson wrote: > On January 30, 2009 06:11:54 am tinkywinky wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like >> to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having >> to reinstall? > > I think you are best off to reinstall

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/31/2009 02:57 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: pierpaolo: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: ...you can use debootstrap to reinstall without using the installer and without repartitioning your hard drive. You just need a swap partition large enough to hold the base system. H

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > tinkywinky wrote: >> I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like >> to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having >> to reinstall? > > There is a very simple way: just install the linux-image-*-amd64 and > boo

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-31 Thread Jochen Schulz
pierpaolo: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> ...you can use debootstrap to reinstall without using the installer and >> without repartitioning your hard drive. You just need a swap partition >> large enough to hold the base system. > > How is this supposed to work, ple

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/30/2009 01:05 PM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: tinkywinky wrote: I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having to reinstall? There is a very simple way: just install the linux-image-*-a

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 tinkywinky wrote: > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like > to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having > to reinstall? There is a very simple way: just install the linux-image-*-amd6

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Alan Ianson
On January 30, 2009 06:11:54 am tinkywinky wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like > to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having > to reinstall? I think you are best off to reinstall. "dpkg --get-selections" and

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread pierpaolo
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > ...you can use debootstrap to reinstall without using the installer and > without repartitioning your hard drive. You just need a swap partition > large enough to hold the base system. > How is this supposed to work, please? thanx

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Jochen Schulz
tinkywinky: > > I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like > to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having > to reinstall? Generally no, but... > I thought of using a separate working directory where to install everything > (if that is

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Kevin Philp
I think your best bet is to keep your home files on separate partition and reinstall everything else. There is no reason you can't have three partitions : 64 bit root, 32 bit root and a shared partition with /home on it. Kevin. tinkywinky wrote: Hello, I've installed x86 version of Lenny,

From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread tinkywinky
Hello, I've installed x86 version of Lenny, but I have 64-bit processor. I'd like to change to use 64-bit version of debian. Is that possible without having to reinstall? I thought of using a separate working directory where to install everything (if that is possible), and then move them to root.