Mark Knecht <[email protected]> [10-09-11 17:08]: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > <SNIP> > > I think there is some misunderstanding: > > > > Before migration to 64bit: > > > > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo > > > > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the > > stuff of the 64bit Gentoo > > > > After migration I will *not* mount /dev/sda10 on / but will clear all > > stuff from /dev/sda3 and move the contents from /dev/sda10 to > > /dev/sda3. > > > > Is still valid what you said under this premissions, Wonko? > > > > Thanks a lot for your help in advance! > > Best regards > > mcc > > Why not mount /dev/sda10 as root and be done with it.? No need to move > anything.
...because data access at the outer partitions are faster than those in the middle... > > Do the 64-bit install as you are suggesting. Do NOT install grub. > > Place the 64-bit kernel in the current /boot pointing at /dev/sda10. > > Modify grub.conf to allow you to boot either /dev/sda3 (your 32-bit > install) or /dev/sda10. (your 64-bit install) > > Boot both installs a few times and test that each is working. (They > will be) Use the 64-bit install for a few days and make sure it's > working. When it is don't boot 32-bit for a week or two, just leaving > it there on the drive because almost certainly you will have forgotten > to copy something over. (I always do...) Only when you are comfortable > that 64-bit is working correctly delete the 32-bit on /dev/sda3 if you > need the disk space. In the docs on gentoo-wiki (or? somewhere else?) I read that some kind of data are not portable namely databases... > Remember, leaving /home out of the picture a Gentoo install takes > maybe 10GB. It's not that large. Probably less if you shared the > portage distfiles directory between the two. > > It doesn't hurt very much to have multiple installs on the same drive > in different partitions. It's what I did playing with a stable and a > testing install. I eventually deleted the testing install and just > went with stable and a few testing application packages. (I still > don't understand why any normal user wants a ~amd64 install but that's > just me!) ;-) The normal user like me want 64bit application to access more than 2GB per task. In my case: Rendering and simulation takes a LOT of memory especially when it comes to huge counts of vertice or particle interactions. Therefore I plan to install 8GByte RAM. > > Hope this helps, > Mark Yes Mark, it helps! Thanks a lot! :) Best regards mcc
