Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:58:07 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting 10.3-i386 to 10.3-amd64 Message-ID: <F1.09.15781.B179EB75@dnvrco-oedge02> References: <57BE6D46.4080408@rcn.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1608242221220.51949@wonkity.com>
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from Warren Block: > Right, a buildworld is going to build for the same architecture that is > installed. If you have not done much customization yet, the easiest and most > reliable way to go to amd64 is to just back up data, download and install the > amd64 version, and restore. It's possible there is now a simple way to > convert, but there wasn't the last time I did this, and I ended up copying > amd64 binaries from another system to get the i386 one functional enough to > build an amd64 kernel and world. You mean you can't build amd64 kernel and world from an i386 installation? I've done that in both FreeBSD and NetBSD. But I never tried to install amd64 kernel and world over an i386 installation (or vice versa); I installed to a different partition. Tom
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