Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:15:44 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: eculp@encontacto.net Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading from an old athlon to a new 64 bit one. Message-ID: <20070627201544.GB78601@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070627145030.b8tzun7mswg8s0s8@intranet.encontacto.net> References: <20070627145030.b8tzun7mswg8s0s8@intranet.encontacto.net>
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--WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:50:30PM -0500, eculp@encontacto.net wrote: > I have just stuck the disks from an old AMD Athlon(tm) (1333.39-MHz=20 > 686-class CPU) into a new box with an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+= =20 > (2387.78-MHz 686-class CPU). I am still building a daily kernel with th= e=20 > old configuration and all is well. Of course the old configuration was/= is=20 > i386. Now I need to compile for 64 bit apps. I have configured a sligh= tly=20 > modified sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC kernel and was going to build it as a te= st=20 > only to find out that a simple make buildkernel KERNCONF=3DAMD doesn't f= ind=20 > /sys/amd64/conf/AMD. There is an old reference in UPDATING from 5.0 tha= t=20 > didn't work either. >=20 > The other question is on today's make world all seems to still be compil= ed=20 > ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386 so I am sure missing something ve= ry=20 > simple. =20 It is possible to cross-build for amd64, but you'll need a seperate partition to put the 64-bit environment on. Look at the mailing list archives. This question has come up before. But to keep things simple, I'd advise you to backup your files, configuration files from /etc and possible /usr/ports/distfiles, reinstall from an amd64 CD and then rebuild your kernel, world and ports to your liking. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGgsVwEnfvsMMhpyURArm6AKCaXnta/XZmWY56O0O+C7z0zenDfACeJgw3 cFvJbI7zFuaNi0Sr0sH96Jc= =+ACv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL--
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