32bit to 64bit

[frenchian]

I've only just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10. As I have a separate /home partition, I went for a clean install, and it was almost perfect, almost painless.

However, it's only 32bit, and I guess I should go to 64bit sooner or later.

This may be a stupid question, but can I "upgrade" to a 64bit version the same way, and as painlessly? In other words, keep the /home partition, and load 64bit 11.10 into /root partition in place of the 32bit 11.10?

Thanks

[wizard10000]

Re: 32bit to 64bit

Yup.

You can't upgrade across platforms but you can retain your home directory and install a 64 bit distribution.

[frenchian]

Re: 32bit to 64bit

Yup.

You can't upgrade across platforms but you can retain your home directory and install a 64 bit distribution.

Great, that's what I wanted to hear.

Thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: 32bit to 64bit

It has to be said (for the benefit of those who just don't know), that this is true only if you have a 64-bit CPU.