going from x86 to x64
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Sun Jan 27 00:09:22 UTC 2008
Scott van Looy wrote:
> I have an old server that I've retired, but I need, so I've bought a
> dual opteron server to replace it. I can take the old drive out and put
> it in the new server, but is there an easy way I can migrate from x86 to
> x64 using yum or something? Changing the arch and then downloading a new
> kernel? Can anyone see any issues with this other than having to
> carefully clean up the mess of x86 libraries after?
>
Cleaning up the 386 stuff is the least of your problems, by default the
64-bit install installs 32-bit libraries too.
It sounds like a great learning opportunity to me; don't physically move
the drive, just clone it to the opteron and then have at it.
I would try installing the -64 kernel, upgrading to the -64+386 glibc
and 64-bit rpm.
When things break, you can probably get in with the -64 rescue cd and
"fix it.".
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Cheers
John
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