Upgrading Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit to 64-bit
Hi all .. am using Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit & I want to upgrade it to 64-bit .. is their a way to upgrade it without uninstalling the software & is the 64-bit version working good & applications works normally with it, Thanks.
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I highly doubt it, at least not without a lot of effort. Both the kernel and the applications it runs must be compiled for 64-bits to have a true 64-bit distro. While it's possible to also run 32-bit binaries under a 64-bit kernel (on x86_64 chips at least), they require the presence of a separate 32-bit support layer and libraries and such. This is useful for running the occasional program that doesn't have a 64-bit version, but it's no way to run an entire OS. You're much better off simply reinstalling the whole thing from scratch.
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Well upgrading hmmm...
You can simple install the 64 over the partition of 32bit, so u won't lose /home data If you don't format you're partition heheh XD But Programs are needed to be reinstall i guess |
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