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#3 Re: Move from i686 to amd64 while keeping the data? Posted by ajt (204.193.xx.xx) on Mon 14 Apr 2008 at 09:43 The AMD64 versions of Etch and Lenny are pretty complete, a few things are sill missing relative to i386, but overall it's not too painful if you do you preparation first accept that there will be a little manual intervention required. Most data shouldn't care the bit size of the operating system. As long as your data is backed up (just in case), as Anonymous says, it shouldn't be a problem, installing AMD64 and keeping your home files. Scripts, email, images, video, audio and most documents are safe, the only thing would be any binaries that you compiled yourself - which would need recompiling. I've been running Debian AMD64 since Sarge, when Etch came out several things got easier and Lenny (currently testing) things get easier again - though at the moment some bits in Etch currently don't have anything in Lenny yet but that is another story... -- "It's Not Magic, It's Work" Adam

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