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Matthias Bethke wrote: |
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> I'm not sure I understood #1 correctly but it sounds like neither will |
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> work. Going 32->64bit (or vice versa) always requires a fresh install. |
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> What I *think* you could do to reduce the hassle of updating all your |
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> configs is to start off with a partition with your 32bit system on it |
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> and use that for the regular Gentoo install procedure, i.e. slap the |
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> tarballs on top and then do all the emerging. But it would certainly |
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> leave some garbage around in /lib etc. so I wouldn't recommend it. If |
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> you didn't actually change the hardware so you don't have to reconfigure |
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> your kernel and stuff, a fresh install using your old world file |
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> shouldn't take more than a day. |
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> cheers, |
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> Matthias |
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#1 would definitely work, my current system would just become another |
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guest in the esx server.....Which isn't bad, but like I say, it's a bad |
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use of resources and makes implementing other VMs more painful than it |
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could be..... |
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