[sf-lug] is it possible to "upgrade" from a 32 bit linux to a 64 bit linux without re-installing?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Michael Shiloh (michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com):

> I know it's much more complicated, probably would involve a sandbox
> and some  chroot magic, and it might be less hassle to just do a
> fresh install anyway (i'm pretty well backed up with all my files).

You can.  You really shouldn't want to.

Just back up conffiles, data files, and similar things and do a fresh
installation.