[olug] OpenSuSe 64 bit upgrade to 32 bit install?

[T. J. Brumfield]

You could put in your openSUSE disc, don't tell it to upgrade because
it won't find a capable system to upgrade. Then tell it to do an
install without formatting the drive. That *might* get you a usable
system. However, the best thing to do would be to backup your /home
files, wipe and do a clean install. If you keep /home on a separate
partition, then you never need to deal with this problem again.

If you need some help tweaking openSUSE for performance, don't
hesitate to ask. I can help you with services/daemons and the like.

-- T. J.

On 1/3/10, neal rauhauser <nrauhauser at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Do I have the slightest hope of a clean install of OpenSuSe 11.2 64 bit
> over a 32 bit setup? I didn't realize this leftover Atom 230 machine was
> meant for 64 bit code ... the 32 bit OS has been just a miserable
> disappointment in terms of performance, hoping 64 bit native mode will
> actually behave better than a Pentium 233 running Redhat 3.03.
>
>   I could back it up, but the disk is much, much larger than anything I have
> handy ...
>
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