From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 08:40:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA95210656F2 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594F08FC1A for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:40:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws19 with SMTP id 19so849737vws.13 for ; Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:40:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=G09xi0LU4T6H9lrT/g2B1wE0e57USAUHMFSkb+9i/0I=; b=Xh0TC1T5HZVc6MLSliJoIPvXMK5XT3Ncmq9LSHMNWcuKOPe9i10DlD1iLDYUGS2xsm mtF/I02Jg174YYRoUyzR5/p0vrNAd7lnuaXkixmREVMz2VT/VO2Dla2eYF85zRkcq43J Y6e7Lm1X3qlFiUgi7LwpoiJgy1o7nU8lSK1s8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=f0Vlu+k5uP5rM+/RALBet9v9pTBzSUVY84EYvyAGK+832q/RGJNSIRuDEYap6p9Ugs yw9AJ9ezOLMrjcdLmaSuGVkUN4QJ+nHtZ+sK84atfviBlJNUxqZb0YV+Y4Q9ZXLV6eNr rWoUXNn2uEtWDo1vuglm0jfQgUNJVoaD8zf04= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.58.74 with SMTP id f10mr5411326qah.317.1275640808190; Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.233.74 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 01:40:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 01:40:07 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Pete French Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: fbsdmail@dnswatch.com, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, yaneurabeya@gmail.com Subject: Re: When will the amd64 be supported? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:40:09 -0000 On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Pete French wrote: >> I'm /really/ just trying to convert all my i386 boxen to amd64. > > ....this is the source of your problem. What you were trying to > do in builing amd64 is correct, but only if you are already > on an amd64 platform. Those instrcutions are for building the > native architecture. > > If you want to convert an existing system 'in-lace' from i386 > to amd64, then you need to get an install of amd64 on some portable > drive that you can boot from, boot the machine on that, mount the > original drive under '/mnt' or somewhere, and then do an 'installkernel' > and 'installworld' specifying the mountpoint as the destination. That seems to be overcomplicating things a bit, but yes.. the general strategy would be something along those lines. > It does work - but I would do it with a GENERIC kernel first before trying > a custom kernel. Oh, and also you should delete all your ports beforehand > and then rebuild them afterwards so they get rebuilt for amd64. Yeah, that needs to be done. > I would not recommend the above though. You are better off doing > an amd64 install froms cratch. Much less error prone. Wholeheartedly agree. -Garrett