Thank you. The reason to change to 64bit is maybe I'll have 8 GB instead of 4GB of memory. PAE is already enabled in kernel, so I have no problem accessing memory above 3Gbyte. Is there any performance increase can be expected if I spend my time on this migration/reinstall?
Thanks Laszlo 2010/9/7 Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> > 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 > >
