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Dinth

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From: London

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 238

Migrating to 32bit

Is there any way to migrate from x64 to x86 architecture with Arch ? I dont have CD drive in my computer so its always trouble to reinstall system, and im starting to hate x64 arch

Im sure there must be SOME way, if there is way to install 32bit Arch from x64 Ubuntu by chroot there must be also way to install 32bit.

What will happen when i will change my repository to x86, download all binary packages and reinstall them?

pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Migrating to 32bit

You can't as long as you keep working on the same partition. If you have a spare partition or usb drive you may be able to reinstall though. May I ask why you want to change to 32 bit?

What will happen when i will change my repository to x86, download all binary packages and reinstall them?

don't do that! Things stop working if you all of a sudden have a mixed installation.

Dinth

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From: London

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 238

Re: Migrating to 32bit

Hmm there are lots of problems with x64 on Arch + KDEmod.
KDEmod have outdated x64 by weeks, there are even package conflicts which arent fixed by weeks.
bin32-wine + lib32-catalyst-utils bug, which nobody intrested in fixing: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 20#p520320

When i'll run computer from small rescue distro from usbstick, and chroot to arch and then change repo to x86 and reinstall with pacman , will it work ?

Last edited by Dinth (2009-04-09 09:14:15)

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Migrating to 32bit

Have you filed a bug report with the KDEMOD guys? Have you tried the xf86-video-ati driver with wine, it may give you better results.

When i'll run computer from small rescue distro from usbstick, and chroot to arch and then change repo to x86 and reinstall with pacman , will it work ?

I'm afraid it won't work. It will result in the same ELF mismatch in system libraries when mixing the system, no easy workaround around that.
If you really want to reinstall take an arch usb image & backup your config files. You may want to try the official kde packages and the ati driver first though.