Safest way to go from x86 to x86_64

Paul Johnson paul at all-the-johnsons.co.uk
Tue Dec 14 14:35:24 UTC 2010


Hi,

On 14 December 2010 14:27, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 02:07:37PM +0000, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> > Is there a safe way to install the x86_64 system over the 32 bit version
> and
> > then clean off the 32 bit stuff that is no longer needed? If I was using
> > f14, I'd just trash the drive and then install, but I've got things how I
> > want them under rawhide.
>
> Not really.  I would definitely suggest that you reinstall.
>
> I thought that would be the case - just wanted to check to ensure it's not
something I can do another way.

Okay, let's try another. Is there a way to grab a list of the packages
installed and use a network installer to do the job based on the list?

TTFN

Paul
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