EOL??? *DONE*

[Jay Ridgley]

On 9/23/21 5:37 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 03:23:33PM -0500, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>   I did a bit more research..
>>
>> lshw shows i686
>> arch shows i686
>>
>> grep -q '^flags.* lm ' < /proc/cpuinfo && echo yes shows yes
> 
> Having the CPU flag is the main thing, so yes, switching to amd64 should
> be fine.
> 
>> I found this, will it work?
>>
>>      Step 1: Download Ubuntu 18.04 ISO File.
>>      Step 2: Create a Bootable USB. (have this on hand)
>>      Step 3: Boot from USB. Boot USB from Boot Menu.
>>              Boot USB from BIOS/UEFI.
>>      Step 4: Run Ubuntu.
>>      Step 5: Install Ubuntu 18.04.
>>
>> Source: https://ostoday.org/linux/question-how-do-i-upgrade-ubuntu-32-bit-to-64-bit-ubuntu.html
> 
> That seems reasonable.  As others have noted, consider installing 20.04
> instead while you're here, and make sure you have backups that you've
> tested before you start; the installation may attempt to preserve your
> /home directory, but a wise person would not rely on that.
> 
All,

I have completed changing my Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 system from 32 bit 
to 64 bit. Happy camper!

Steps I did:
1. Created a backup of my home and /etc/partitions
2. verified I had everything
3 Created a bootable 64bit 20.04 LTS USB stick
4. Did the install making sure that the /home partition was not formatted
5. After the install was complete made sure things were working right

All done!

Thanks for all the advice and pointers. Now all my systems are on 20.04 
LTS and running in 64 bit mode.

Thanks,
Jay

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