Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-22 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Brad Alexander writes: […] > Well, now 64bit is as stable as 32bit, and I want to upgrade my > machine to 64bit userland. Is there a reliable way to upgrade > existing packages? Or is a complete rebuild ("nuke and pave") the > best way? […] > Is there some middle ground? It

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-22 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Brad Alexander writes: > I was just hoping for an undocumented way of doing it as an upgrade... cdebootstrap?? -- Mahesh T. Pai || With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > > Forwarded Message > > From: Brad Alexander > > To: Debian-user List > > Subject: 32bit vs 64bit > > Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:57:26 -0400 > > > > means I would be without the machine for the duration of the build No time to read all replies, perhaps somebody else alread

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Brad Alexander
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Michael Checca wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:14:48 -0400, Chris Brennan > wrote: > > >> To borrow your own phrase nuke and pave. Moving between >> architectures is probably a very very bad idea :D (upgrade wise). While >> not a guru, but a power user, this

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Claudius Hubig
Brad Alexander wrote: >This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which >means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the >machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies in 64bit Linux. >However, some time in the intervening time, m

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:57:26 -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, > which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I > rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies > in 64bit Linux. Howev

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Dejan Ribič
Dne 21.7.2011 22:57, piše Brad Alexander: This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies in 64bit Linux. However, some time in the

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Michael Checca
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:14:48 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: On 7/21/2011 4:57 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a num

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Brennan
On 7/21/2011 4:57 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: > This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, > which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I > rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies > in 64bit Linux. However, some time i

Re: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3

2008-11-19 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Wednesday 19 November 2008 15:06:40 Stackpole, Chris, vous avez écrit : > From: Aioanei Rares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > > I was trying to read up on the subject as best as I could. From what I > understand, most of what the 64bit format provides is bigger block sizes > and a larger files

Re: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3

2008-11-19 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Stackpole, Chris escreveu: > > I was trying to read up on the subject as best as I could. From what I > understand, most of what the 64bit format provides is bigger block > sizes and a larger filesystem (+8TB). However, I only have drives in > the hundreds of GB not in the TB range (I wish…but don’

RE: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3

2008-11-19 Thread Stackpole, Chris
From: Aioanei Rares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>2008/11/19 Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> The system started life out as a 32bit etch install. Then later I did an upgrade to Lenny (~5 months ago) and it has

Re: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3

2008-11-19 Thread Aioanei Rares
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/19 Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The system started life out as a 32bit etch install. Then later I did an > upgrade to Lenny (~5 months ago) and it has been running smooth since. > > > > Since the drive

Re: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3

2008-11-18 Thread Adrian Levi
2008/11/19 Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The system started life out as a 32bit etch install. Then later I did an > upgrade to Lenny (~5 months ago) and it has been running smooth since. > > Since the drives were all formated as ext3 with a 32bit Etch install, should > I expect any pro