[nzlug] Moving to 64bit OS

[Roland Hill]

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 or thereabouts, Keith Johnston came forth with:

>> I am running 32bit kubuntu 8.04 and am planning a fresh start with the
>> 64 bit version.

>> I have a separate /home partition.

>> Qu: Can I assume it is fine to leave the /home partition as is and remount it during the
>> install phase? All other partitions will be formatted.


> Hi Roland;
>    You might want to check that there are drivers for all you hardware  
> that are 64 bit and that you can get the flash plugins etc.that you will  
> want for 64 bit linux. I have been working on a laptop with 64 bit linux  
> and the internal modem only has 32 bit drivers:-(.
>
> You can run ubuntu as a live cd, I assume that the 64 bit version can do  
> this as well as the 32 bit version.

Hi Keith,

Too late - now running 64 bit......but all is well.

-- 
Regards,

Roland

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