On Fri, 28 May 2010 16:04:50 +0200 Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hum... this technique looks like reinstalling to me. You don't > *convert*anything but > *reinstall* packages. So to my point of view you would be better off > installing from scratch. Much cleaner. You will still have to download > 64bits packages. > > Still you can keep the list of installed packages with $(pacman -Qq) > and keep some conf files before erasing the 32bit root partition. > > On 28 May 2010 15:50, Hilton Medeiros <medeiros.hilton@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 May 2010 08:28:55 -0500 > > "Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr." <jeffrey.parke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > you have to reinstall > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan > > > <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I recently found that my processor is capable of running 64bit > > > > OS (it has the lm flag in /proc/cpuinfo) and I am using 32bit > > > > Arch which is turn off I think. > > > > How do I convert to 64bit without the format-and-reinstall ? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Nilesh Govindarajan > > > > Facebook: nilesh.gr > > > > Twitter: nileshgr > > > > Website: www.itech7.com > > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Migrating_Between_Architectures_Without_Reinstalling > > Arch's competent Linux users should know that there is no way to magically convert i686 binaries to x86_64, right guys? I know you are just joking. ;)
