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move from 10.04 64-bit to 32-bit

Asked by wizodd

I have Lucid installed (64-bit) and I would like to o to Lucid (32-bit)

Where can I find information about doing this?
 So far my searches haven't turned up much helpful.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

I suggest you the quick way
- save your home directory and your relevant data
- and reinstall Ubuntu 32 bits... from a valid md5sum verified iso image burned to a cd...

Download the iso image using torrent protocol http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04.1/ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

if you have any doubt please ask...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You cannot change architecture without clean installing.

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wizodd (wizodd-gmail) said : 		#3

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.

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LtWorf (tiposchi) said : 		#4

I usually keep /home in a different partition so i can do fresh installs whenever i need them, without the need of extensive backups (have to remember about /etc and /usr/local/*bin)