From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 22 00:48:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19E721FC for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (e.febed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.254.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail", Issuer "mail" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9E41159 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:48:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (tripel [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2M0lUFk028028 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:47:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Install amd64 over existing i386 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:48:41 -0000 Many thanks to all who replied. I ended up pulling the trigger on the amd64 install, and it went fine. My backups were a couple of days out of date - this was not a planned upgrade! - but I didn't lose anything vitally important. Thanks again. On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, Chris Hill wrote: > Hi list, > > I bought a new machine the other day, and accidentally installed the i386 > version of FreeBSD on it even though it has a 64-bit processor. It works > fine, but I think I'd rather have the "right" version. So, two questions: > > 1. Is it even worth worrying about at this point? > > 2. Can I just install amd64 without destroying existing filesystems and > files? I realize I'll have to reinstall my ports, but that's OK. > > Thanks. > > More info below. Yes, the CMOS clock was set incorrectly when I did the > install. > $ uname -a > FreeBSD tripel.monochrome.org 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: > Tue Nov 11 22:51:51 UTC 2014 > root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > Relevant part of dmesg: > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (3158.81-MHz 686-class > CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 0x6 Model = 0x17 Stepping > = 10 > Features=0xbfebfbff > Features2=0x408e3fd > AMD Features=0x20100000 > AMD Features2=0x1 > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]