From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32to64 bit migration guide
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:05:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201009071805.16440.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin0gjHkmSOM5Vyvn3z1Fn_JshiLfxiGxrOsaNM+@mail.gmail.com>
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:44 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, SpaceCake
did opine thusly:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a user friendly guide or howto to help me to migrate my 32 bit
> gentoo to 64 bit without loosing my settings?
>
> Thank you
> Laszlo
Forget it, don't even try. You might succeed, but it will not be worth the
effort. You will complete the following steps in about half the time:
1. Back up /etc and anything else you want to keep
2. Reinstall
3. Set CHOST to something suitable
4. emerge -e world
5. Restore stuff from step #1
It's an interesting exercise to try and do the migration, people who like
puzzles enjoy it. If your goal is to have a 64 bit system using the route of
least pain, best to follow the path with lots of consensus around here - the
one above.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-07 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-07 15:44 [gentoo-user] 32to64 bit migration guide SpaceCake
2010-09-07 15:54 ` Alex Schuster
2010-09-07 16:05 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2010-09-07 17:22 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2010-09-07 18:53 ` [gentoo-user] " Stefan G. Weichinger
2010-09-07 19:08 ` SpaceCake
2010-09-07 21:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-10 5:19 ` Walter Dnes
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