From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 20:15:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E3516A41F for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:15:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895EF13C448 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5RKFi8V009042; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:15:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43858B829; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:15:44 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:15:44 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: eculp@encontacto.net Message-ID: <20070627201544.GB78601@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: eculp@encontacto.net, freebsd-questions References: <20070627145030.b8tzun7mswg8s0s8@intranet.encontacto.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WhfpMioaduB5tiZL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070627145030.b8tzun7mswg8s0s8@intranet.encontacto.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Upgrading from an old athlon to a new 64 bit one. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:15:54 -0000 --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--