On 26/06/12 18:31, Istvan Gabor wrote:
2012. június 26. 8:16 napon Larry Stotler
írta: [snip]
I would recommend installing a 64bit OS on a seperate hard drive to make sure everything you need/use works ok before switching out completely.
Thank you all for helping.
Another question: I have user's home dirs on a separate partition. Will these user home directories (used in 32 bit openSUSE with KDE 3.5) work in the 64 bit system? Do I have to adjust anything in them (config files etc.) ?
Thanks,
Istvan
My personal opinion is that you should always do a clean install - ie, start from zero. Especially now that you are about to install a new 64-bit system. Backup your most important files/directories/whatever and install "with a clean slate". What I have always done is to take a copy of my .mozilla, .thunderbird, and .xine directories in my /home, and also take a copy of Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Video and any other directories which contain files which cannot be downloaded again without some effort, and then install openSUSE as a *NEW* installation. This way you are not carrying any (unnecessary and damaging) baggage from the previous version (and especially from your 32-bit system to the new 64-bit system). BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.8.4 and kernel 3.4.3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org