On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 02:07:37PM +0000, Paul Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > My main box decided to snuff it last week (motherboard and processor decided > to fry). My erstwhile friend in the computer shop I use has said that he has > a nice 64 bit processor and motherboard going for a small amount of money. > > The problem I have is that if I go the 64 bit route then I'll need to > install the 64 bit OS (I can stay 32 bit, but what's the point with 8Gb of > memory). > > Is there a safe way to install the x86_64 system over the 32 bit version and > then clean off the 32 bit stuff that is no longer needed? If I was using > f14, I'd just trash the drive and then install, but I've got things how I > want them under rawhide. Not really. I would definitely suggest that you reinstall. I've been using x86-64 machines routinely for 6 years now, and they are better in every way than i386. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
