[email protected] writes:
> I plan to "convert" (==reinstall) my system to be 64bit.
> Since I have an already working and configure 32bit Gentoo-
> system I would like to do the migration as follows:
>
> Create another / partition somwhere on my harddisk
> Install/Create a new 64bit Gentoo root there.
> If everything works fine: Delete 32bit-/ and move (cp -a or something
> like that) the 64bit-/ onto the now empty 32bit-/.
I would mount -o bind / /mnt/binroot and cp -a or something /mnt/bindroot
to the 32bit-/, so you don't copy things as /proc and /dev as well.
> BUT:
> Are there any -- especiall system-related -- binaries or such,
> which get an hardcoded compiled in, so they would fail to work
> after / is moved to another place than where it was created?
No. The path would still be the same, whatever the underlying device is.
Wonko
