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Subject: Re: Migrating from x86 (32) to amd64
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>> Is there way to more or less sefely  migrade to AMD64 arhitecture via
>> csup and
>> source build?
>
>AFAIK nobody has lived to tell the tale (or at least I didn't see any
>followups from people who claimed they'd try it). In any case it would
>be better to migrate it via binary reinstall (the same as installing
>from scratch, using the boot CD...).

Damn it. Then i guess i need to do some experimenting myself.
Theoretically, what would be the procedure?

>> Any recomendations?
>
>Try using PAE, but read up on possible problems.

No, just not PAE. Tried it on 6.2, felt all the pain, cried outloud and
went back to simple plain 32 bit. As it has been told - PAE IS AN UGLY HACK.

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Artem