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Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 08:41 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Hallo, I accidently installed 32 bit opensuse on several machines. Is there an easy way to switch to 64bit? such as adding 86_64 repos and zypper --dup --allow-architecture-change (unfortunately this option doesn't exist)? Any hints? A notice in the setup, that a 32bit os is going to be installed on a 64bit system would be very nice...
:-) It might be intentional. 32bit apps use less memory, if you :run a lot of them, there's more room with a 32bit os.
Would be easy to tell -- if the user has >=8G, go for 64-bit, else ask?
Yep, not a bad idea.
Put the limit much lower: If the system has <4G go 32bit Not only older hardware, but also for virtual machines.
The area just above 4G could be covered with 32-bit with PAE, but that should be considered duck-tape from the past.
Yeah, YaST already has some checks on amount of available memory, so adding a little "Are you sure?" when someone wants to install 32bit on a machine with 4Gb or more should be easy. Nice little opportunity for someone to dabble with YaST development. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org