[arch-general] Converting to 64

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

looks like you are still going to have to download all the packages over
again.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com>wrote:

> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
> <jeffrey.parke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > you have to reinstall
> >
> > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I recently found that my processor is capable of running 64bit OS (it
> >> has the lm flag in /proc/cpuinfo) and I am using 32bit Arch which is
> >> turn off I think.
> >> How do I convert to 64bit without the format-and-reinstall ?
> >>
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>
> Hmm that would be a tough time for me because I am on a superslow
> connection and have tons of stuff from AUR. Can't I switch the repo in
> pacman and do it ?
>
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> Nilesh Govindarajan
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