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[Roger Oberholtzer <roger@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 21:12 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> On Monday, 2011-04-04 at 10:57 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
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> > I have installed the 32-bit version of 11.4 on a system. I have decided
> > that I would like to try the 64-bit version. I expect that the only way
> > to do this is to do a re-install. But I thought I would ask if there was
> > an alternative. Anyone know of one? Perhaps I will generate an autoyast
> > description of my system, and change it to specify a 64-bit version, and
> > then do the install with that. Any other suggestions welcome. It is not
> > a production system.
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> It is possible to upgrade, but it is not supported. Do a full backup 
> first.
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> I did 11.0 (32) --> 11.2 (64), via DVD.

My worry was the since I am not changing from 11.4, something may not
get updated.

A backup will indeed be done. I have this madness slated for this
weekend.

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Roger Oberholtzer

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