migration to 64bit ?

[' =JeffH ']

thanks for the feedback/ideas folks...

alex.katebi at gmail.com said:
> I put my home directory on a separate disk partition. Now I can upgrade to
> the latest Ubuntu release 64 etc. After install I edit the /etc/fstab and
> point to my real home dir.


loic.martin3 at gmail.com said:
> The safest route, and the one that is also useful long-term, is to have two
> releases installed at a time. 
> ...
> You can either put your home on a separate partition, or just copy/paste your
> important files in Hardy i386 (even easier if your keep most of your data on
> a separate partition. If you got any trouble, the i386 partition is still
> there if you want to pick some configuration files you tweaked, and in the
> even you harm your system one day, you just reboot on the second OS and can
> keep working without any downtime. 


lmario at philippe.com.br said:
> - If you already have a /home partition and enough HD space you can  install
> a new Ubuntu 64 instance using the same /home partition and  double boot
> between the two installations. 


Ok, yeah, I now have a 320gb disk and so can easily accomodate two or more 
root partitions, and a separate /home partition, and perhaps separate 
/usr/local and some other stuff.  And yes, I'll use GParted to set all that up.


lmario at philippe.com.br said:
> - It seems there is no upgrading path between i386 and 64, so  "migration" is
> not possible if this is the meaning. You will need a  fresh install of some
> kind. 

Yes, that is the conclusion I'd idependently come to -- I just wanted to 
double-check it. Although I hadn't thought of the dual-boot approach, so 
thanks.


=JeffH