Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)
Levis Yarema <[email protected]>
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Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term support? Am Do., 14. Apr. 2022 um 10:38 Uhr schrieb Paul Wise <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 05:59 +0200, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > > > And if it is indeed possible, how can I switch from i386 to > > amd64? Can this be done with the apt tools? Then during the > > migrating some packages will be from amd64 already while others > > will be still i386. How does that go right? > > If your hardware supports it, you can either reinstall from scratch or > cross-grade an existing install from i386 to amd64, either using the > crossgrader tool or more manual methods of doing the same thing. > > https://packages.debian.org/crossgrader > https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading > > -- > bye, > pabs > > https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise >