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[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 14:38, William Hammond wrote:
> I am going to be forced to install OpenSuSE 10.3 32 bit in a couple
> of locations,
> because a key application won't work well under 64 bit.
>
> If that is ever resolved can 10.3 32 bit be "upgraded" to 64 bit
> without major problems...?

I guess its the increasing preponderance of 64-bit systems, but this one 
is rapidly becoming a FAQ.

No. Clean install only.

I'm possibly in the situation of needing 64-bit (due to memory 
requirements of a particular user of my Java code), but I'm going to 
try to put off the 64-bit installation until openSUSE 11.0 is out.

One thing I've been doing for years now is always using a new drive or 
new partition for every major SuSE Linux / openSUSE upgrade I do. That 
way I don't burn any bridges. It's costly, but much safer. On one of my 
boxes, I've still got the pared down, remnant root partitions of a 9.2 
and a 9.3 release—the system now running is SuSE Linux 10.0.


Randall Schulz
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