On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 16:23 -0700, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 14:41 -0700, Aly Dharshi wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > > > I usually re-install my linux box when a new version of Fedora comes > > out. This time I want to move from 32bit F9 to 64bit F10, can I leave > > the ext3 filesystems as they are or do I need to move my data away and > > re-create them ? Thanks for you answers and thoughts. > > Just my opinion, but given the feedback on F9 -> F10 upgrades _and_ that > you want to move to 64-bit, I would highly recommend backing up your > data, re-formatting, loading from scratch, and then restoring what you > want to keep. > > It will take a little longer, but will probably save you a good deal of > pain... He's asking about data, not apps. While it is generally a good idea to backup your data before updating, there is no *additional* reason to do so just because you're changing from 32-bit to 64-bit. Nothing in the on-disk filesystem structures depends on this. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
