Upgrade from Arch32 to Arch64?

timtux · 2006-12-30 07:13:00

Hello, i wonder if there is some way to upgrade from Arch32 to Arch64 without the need to reinstall?

// Tim

AndyRTR · 2006-12-30 08:52:29

not recommended. you can try to keep your /home partition/directory and backup /etc to use most of your configs.

Pierre · 2006-12-30 11:39:42

...but make sure you do not use your old pacman.conf (which include arch32-repositories)

timtux · 2006-12-30 12:14:53

Ah, then i skip it Don't got anything to backup ~200gb /home on
Thanks for the answers anyways

Pierre · 2006-12-30 13:07:19

If you have /home on a separate partition there should be no problem.

chrismortimore · 2006-12-30 13:21:43

I share my /home with Arch64 and Arch32. So unless something goes horribly wrong, you don't need to backup, but it's still recommended.

timtux · 2006-12-30 13:25:57

/home isent on a own partition

timtux · 2006-12-31 06:44:41

Reinstalled today, and yes, i feel teh speed (placebo maybe )
Thanks to the community and developers for arch64

Kenetixx · 2007-01-03 09:23:53

Welcome to the 64bit world
I personally think it is faster, but like you said it could all be in my head

timtux · 2007-01-03 09:51:23

hehe, have recompiled kernel base and lib with custom cflags now also ( CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -msse3 -pipe" )

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