On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 19:29 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I do a lot of photo processing... things like generating 200 jpgs from > > raw files at one go. My laptop has 4GB of RAM but is currently only > > using 3GB because I am running a 32 bit kernel. > > > > uname -a > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 > > 04:30:19 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > > > Sooner or later I want to upgrade to a 64 bit kernel and 8 GB of RAM. > > Other than this article, I can't find any information on the subject. > > > > http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/123800 > > > > I am looking to do the upgrade WITHOUT reinstalling Fedora. I've done > > enough re installations in the past to know that I don't want to go > > there. > > > > Has anyone done crossgraded from 32 to 64 bit ? What advice do you have > > to offer ? > > Have you really done enough upgrades? I think not. If you did, you > would know that the best advice is to back up your files and perform a > clean install. No, that is NOT the best choice. I've re installed clean more than 4x and its a BIG pain setting things up again. I have a lot of software installed and not all of it is a simple yum command, ie custom versions of Eclipse, java, etc. Just like we shouldn't be telling everyone to do a 'yum clean all' when its not necessary, nor should we be telling people to reinstall. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
