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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [10-09-11 17:08]: |
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> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:19 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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> > I think there is some misunderstanding: |
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> > Before migration to 64bit: |
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> > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo |
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> > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the |
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> > stuff of the 64bit Gentoo |
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> > After migration I will *not* mount /dev/sda10 on / but will clear all |
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> > stuff from /dev/sda3 and move the contents from /dev/sda10 to |
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> > /dev/sda3. |
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> > Is still valid what you said under this premissions, Wonko? |
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> > Thanks a lot for your help in advance! |
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> > Best regards |
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> > mcc |
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> Why not mount /dev/sda10 as root and be done with it.? No need to move anything. |
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...because data access at the outer partitions are faster than those |
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in the middle... |
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> Do the 64-bit install as you are suggesting. Do NOT install grub. |
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> Place the 64-bit kernel in the current /boot pointing at /dev/sda10. |
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> Modify grub.conf to allow you to boot either /dev/sda3 (your 32-bit |
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> install) or /dev/sda10. (your 64-bit install) |
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> Boot both installs a few times and test that each is working. (They |
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> will be) Use the 64-bit install for a few days and make sure it's |
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> working. When it is don't boot 32-bit for a week or two, just leaving |
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> it there on the drive because almost certainly you will have forgotten |
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> to copy something over. (I always do...) Only when you are comfortable |
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> that 64-bit is working correctly delete the 32-bit on /dev/sda3 if you |
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> need the disk space. |
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In the docs on gentoo-wiki (or? somewhere else?) I read that some |
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kind of data are not portable namely databases... |
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> Remember, leaving /home out of the picture a Gentoo install takes |
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> maybe 10GB. It's not that large. Probably less if you shared the |
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> portage distfiles directory between the two. |
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> It doesn't hurt very much to have multiple installs on the same drive |
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> in different partitions. It's what I did playing with a stable and a |
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> testing install. I eventually deleted the testing install and just |
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> went with stable and a few testing application packages. (I still |
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> don't understand why any normal user wants a ~amd64 install but that's |
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> just me!) ;-) |
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The normal user like me want 64bit application to access more than |
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2GB per task. |
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In my case: Rendering and simulation takes a LOT of memory |
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especially when it comes to huge counts of vertice or particle |
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interactions. |
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Therefore I plan to install 8GByte RAM. |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Mark |
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Yes Mark, it helps! Thanks a lot! :) |
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Best regards |
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mcc |
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