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--On July 2, 2008 5:51:06 PM -0400 Sean Cavanaugh=20
<millenia2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:55:58 -0500
>> From: pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com
>> To: questions@freebsd.org
>> CC:
>> Subject: Upgrade and change distro?
>>
>> I have a dual core Intel server running 6.1 RELEASE i386.  I want to
>> update it to 7.0 RELEASE.  Can I also switch to the AMD release at the
>> same time?  (It's my understanding that all dual core processors should
>> be  running AMD not i386.)
>>
>> If so, do I simply point to the GENERIC kernconf under AMD?  Any
>> gotchas?
>>
> AMD64 is for 64-bit chips from AMD and Intel. whether it is multi-core
> is beside. run i386 still if you want/need 32-bit operating system.
> there are some features and programs that will NOT work with AMD64.
>

Thanks, Sean.  Maybe I'll understand FreeBSD some day.  :-)

Will I need to rebuild all my ports after compiling the kernel and world?

Paul Schmehl
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