Migrating from x86 (32) to amd64

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2007-Mar-09 20:54:42 +0300, Artem Kuchin <matrix at itlegion.ru> wrote:
>>>Is there way to more or less sefely  migrade to AMD64 arhitecture via
>>>csup and
>>>source build?
...
>Damn it. Then i guess i need to do some experimenting myself.

Definitely.

>Theoretically, what would be the procedure?

1) Backup system.
2) Download amd64 install ISO and burn to CD
3) Boot from CD
4) Follow instructions for fresh install
5) Restore/merge configuration from backups.

If you have a spare amd64 system and most of the content is static,
you could reduce downtime by doing steps 4 thru 5 on the second system
and either swapping the disk(s) or the entire system.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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