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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] switch from 32bit opensuse to 64bit
From:       Per Jessen <per () computer ! org>
Date:       2014-03-13 8:22:19
Message-ID: lfrps6$9pe$1 () saturn ! local ! net
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Hans Witvliet wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 08:41 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
>> Linda Walsh wrote:
>> 
>> > Per Jessen wrote:
>> >> Paul Neuwirth wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hallo,
>> >> > I accidently installed 32 bit opensuse on several machines.
>> >> > Is there an easy way to switch to 64bit? such as adding 86_64
>> >> > repos and zypper --dup --allow-architecture-change
>> >> > (unfortunately this option doesn't exist)?
>> >> > Any hints?
>> >> > A notice in the setup, that a 32bit os is going to be installed
>> >> > on a 64bit system would be very nice...
>> >>
>> >> :-) It might be intentional.  32bit apps use less memory, if you
>> >> :run
>> >> a lot of them, there's more room with a 32bit os.
>> >
>> > Would be easy to tell -- if the user has >=8G, go for 64-bit, else
>> > ask?
>> > 
>> 
>> Yep, not a bad idea.
> 
> Put the limit much lower:
> If the system has <4G go 32bit
> Not only older hardware, but also for virtual machines.
> 
> The area just above 4G could be covered with 32-bit with PAE, but that
> should be considered duck-tape from the past.

Yeah, YaST already has some checks on amount of available memory, so
adding a little "Are you sure?" when someone wants to install 32bit on
a machine with 4Gb or more should be easy.  Nice little opportunity for
someone to dabble with YaST development. 


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