Re: Going to 64bit (more)

2011-12-22 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 25 Kislev 5772 10:44:14 David Baron wrote: > On Monday 23 Kislev 5772 18:13:35 David Baron wrote: > > Using instructions on http://www.v13.gr/blog/?p=11, I have available a > > debootstraped amd64 squeeze ... > > ** . > > Actually, much better to do all this from the rescue-CD an

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-21 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:04 AM, David Baron wrote: > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on > it. > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or > must > one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none 32-bit > p

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-21 Thread David Baron
On Monday 23 Kislev 5772 18:13:35 David Baron wrote: > Using instructions on http://www.v13.gr/blog/?p=11, I have available a > debootstraped amd64 squeeze using a dselect-upgrade based on my existing > installation (which is Sid). Since his instructions are older than > multiarch and based on lenn

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-12-19 17:13 +0100, David Baron wrote: > Using instructions on http://www.v13.gr/blog/?p=11, I have available a > debootstraped amd64 squeeze using a dselect-upgrade based on my existing > installation (which is Sid). Since his instructions are older than multiarch > and based on lenny,

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-19 Thread David Baron
Using instructions on http://www.v13.gr/blog/?p=11, I have available a debootstraped amd64 squeeze using a dselect-upgrade based on my existing installation (which is Sid). Since his instructions are older than multiarch and based on lenny, I would like to know how to proceed. The gyst is: 1. m

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 17 dec 11, 18:07:21, Bob Proulx wrote: > about Sun Java too but that is gone now.) Any proprietary binary ATI > or NVIDIA graphics drivers? Usually the 64-bit support is poor. Never had issues with nvidia. fglrx is a pain irrespective of arch :p Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussi

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
David Baron wrote: > Obviously. Only the kernel and its modules are 64b. I might try a > few 64-byte programs but everything else as well as other installed > kernels are 32b. For the most part everything should work fine. But you will still be running a 32-bit userland from /usr/bin for example.

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-17 Thread David Baron
On Saturday 21 Kislev 5772 17:45:49 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote: > > > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid > > > on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel a

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
David Baron wrote: > On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote: > > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on > > it. > > > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or > > must one do it all in one go? In other words: Wi

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-16 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:23 +0200, David Baron wrote: > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid > on it. > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal > or must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none > 32-bit

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-16 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote: > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on > it. > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or > must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none > 32-bit

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-14 Thread Brad Alexander
I asked a similar question a few months ago, and based on the responses that I got came to the conclusion that a "nuke and pave" would be the only way to be sure. I haven't done it yet, but I will likely install to a different drive and preserve my old install. Someone recommended a web page for a

Re: Going to 64bit

2011-12-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-12-14 15:04 +0100, David Baron wrote: > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on it. > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or > must > one do it all in one go? You have to install from scratch. If you want to minimi

Going to 64bit

2011-12-14 Thread David Baron
I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on it. Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none 32-bit programs work with it? (Has the new multiarch organization made t