Apparently, though unproven, at 17:44 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, SpaceCake did opine thusly:
> Hi, > > Is there a user friendly guide or howto to help me to migrate my 32 bit > gentoo to 64 bit without loosing my settings? > > Thank you > Laszlo Forget it, don't even try. You might succeed, but it will not be worth the effort. You will complete the following steps in about half the time: 1. Back up /etc and anything else you want to keep 2. Reinstall 3. Set CHOST to something suitable 4. emerge -e world 5. Restore stuff from step #1 It's an interesting exercise to try and do the migration, people who like puzzles enjoy it. If your goal is to have a 64 bit system using the route of least pain, best to follow the path with lots of consensus around here - the one above. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
