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 from i386 to amd64", but I'l

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

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