On Tuesday, February 07, 2012 09:31:41 AM Koushik Kumar Nundy wrote:

On 7 February 2012 02:26, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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If I don't reply to mails in the next hours - I'm attempting an in-place upgrade of my 32-bit system to 64. Just to see if Zypper et all. like me :D Please document the process. I would like to do something like that on my Li-f-e box too.

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(I still have my laptop, don't worry. And I've got a 12.1 DVD Ready To Rescue as well)

/Jos

-- Koushik Kumar Nundy

Koushik, I thought Li-f-e Project does 32 bit available because some packages and applications are not pretty available for 64 bit. MWe need more info about before try this conversion from 32 to 64. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

On 10 February 2012 07:33, Ricardo Chung wrote:

On Tuesday, February 07, 2012 09:31:41 AM Koushik Kumar Nundy wrote:

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On 7 February 2012 02:26, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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If I don't reply to mails in the next hours - I'm attempting an in-place upgrade of my 32-bit system to 64. Just to see if Zypper et all. like me :D  Please document the process. I would like to do something like that on my Li-f-e box too.

Koushik,

I thought Li-f-e Project does 32 bit available because some packages and applications are not pretty available for 64 bit. MWe need more info about before try this conversion from 32 to 64.

Do we need a 64 bit system to have 64 bit packages only? I think not, but I'll be glad to be proven wrong. On 10 February 2012 05:54, Jos Poortvliet wrote: ...

My advice: don't.

Ok, I managed, but only with an openSUSE DVD and quite a few hours of un-breaking my system ;-)

... Jos is scaring me to hell. I won't touch this with a 20 foot pole until I see a copy of Togan's step-by-step todo. I would have thought the post-kernel stuff wouldn't be too difficult. But if we can't see root, it's not just "Game Over". It's "game over, totalled.". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org