AMD64 vs. i386, any new observations?

[Liam Proven]

On 01/10/2007, Lorenzo Taylor <daxlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there currently any way to switch from i386 to AMD64 without having
> to reformat my hard drive? I want to switch but don't want to lose my
> other files, and unfortunately my drive isn't partitioned correctly to
> format just the /usr and /boot and /lib stuff.

All you /really/ need is a separate /home partition. You can share
swap partitions between different distros; I should think you could
share them between x86-32 and x86-64.

It's not too difficult to move a /home directory into its own filesystem.

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