<div dir="ltr"><div>AG:</div><div><br></div><div>Never enough HDs or operating systems . . . to quote from a pop tune . . . "we must be moving on" . . . .</div><div><br></div><div>F<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Aere Greenway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com" target="_blank">Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 16:30:52 -0600<br>
From: Aere Greenway <a class="m_1325703886791873482moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Aere@Dvorak-Keyboards.com" target="_blank"><Aere@Dvorak-Keyboards.com></a><br>
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Subject: [lubuntu-users] On Lubuntu 18.04, is a
32-bit /home<br>
compatible with a 64-bit home?<br>
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I'm thinking of switching my 32-bit Lubuntu to 64-bit,
when I go to <br>
18.04. The machine (in both cases - same machine) is
64-bit architecture.<br>
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My idea is to restore (including hidden files) my 32-bit
Lubuntu 16.04.4 <br>
/home directory, currently backed-up using deja-dup, to a
new Lubuntu <br>
18.04 64-bit system.<br>
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Can any of you think of any problems that could result
from this? Or <br>
perhaps files that should not be restored in this case?<br>
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Aere<br>
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<div>It should be that the installer will find your home
directory if you use the same username it should "work" .
. . especially if it's Lubuntu to Lubuntu. We might have
discussed some install problems going from one distro to
another and having a problem logging into the GUI account,
whereas using a TTY the log in name and password would
work . . . . All of this might be easier if the /home
partition is in a separate partition, fresh file system
install in the /root partition and so forth . . . . Also
I believe that 64 bit can run 32 bit apps, but not vice
versa . . . but, as in all things linux, "go for broke, no
guarantees" . . . . : - )</div>
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<div>Likely you could always get back into the old hard
drive to access stuff . . . it's interesting how long old
HDs will soldier on even with sector damage . . . .<br>
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</div></div><p>F:</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments. <br>
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<p>Since I do have many different Linux partitions from different
distributions, I just use the /home directory of each partition.
But I do back up the production system home directory using
deja-dup, which has worked well for me in restoring the entire
home directory to totally new systems. <br>
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<p>The thing that is convincing me to migrate to another hard-disk,
is the number of correctable errors, and the number of
seek-errors. <br>
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<p>It takes noticeably longer to install updates - especially on
Windows. <br>
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<p>I am about to embark on this task. What? Me worry?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Aere</pre>
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