From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 29 09:48:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02B442CC for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 09:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE79A9EF for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 09:48:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=fXXAgvMPb5wz/DJVFKCXF+c9jywSA7wjsqDv9b+JY3g=; b=v3emNak6YmbPrmgbSq0LZ7mz9oqb6U59Asm8MiuXIhlcR/wa7o8zw3VyH7j/tIl86dLQjiMxcEQ6iXZoBNGgJ3jSmXuEHKs3uBwg1kpWzuHOhplcG6azqiJOvQoXb+aHQcqJIR7JaF0EdEic25AgDqT93W7ul6+igjG2Tgao0kU=; Received: from [114.121.152.1] (port=60263 helo=B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1Yc9oz-001Qs9-7P; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 03:47:58 -0600 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:46:26 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Chris Maness Subject: Re: Upgrading Issues Message-ID: <20150329174626.0b99086f@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 09:48:07 -0000 Hi, On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:50:20 -0700 Chris Maness wrote: > I was able to migrate my version 10.0 from i386 to my current AMD64 > without any problems. I was just running it as a i386 and all was > good. However, I am having a really bad time trying to upgrade to > 10.1. I was not able to get it to finish compiling, so I used a donor > system and compiled the system and kernel then moved both src and obj > over to the AMD64 box. The kernel installed, but after that first > reboot the BTX loader halted with what looks like the mem location of > a crash on the screen. > > I am in a world of hurt as I am down, and have no certain way to get > this thing running again. I could just build from scratch as all my > files are backed up, but I have had a form of this same system for 15 > years, and I don't want to give up. > > Any suggestions? > could t be that your boot loader believes it boots a i386 system? Allow me to suggest what I normally do. I have all my media bootable. I take one of these, start it - via USB or plugged into the machine - and compile the system locally and install it then. As I also use labels for my devices, I did not run into problems with this method. Erich