From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 9 18:45:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B66E16A401 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:45:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-3-125.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.3.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECF813C461 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l29IjtHu009058; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l29IjtAx009057; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:55 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Artem Kuchin Message-ID: <20070309184555.GF856@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <6D01FD53-497A-46FE-ADC3-4988DB2ADD74@khera.org> <002301c76274$04d05900$0c00a8c0@Artem> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/NkBOFFp2J2Af1nK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002301c76274$04d05900$0c00a8c0@Artem> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from x86 (32) to amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:45:58 -0000 --/NkBOFFp2J2Af1nK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-Mar-09 20:54:42 +0300, Artem Kuchin wrote: >>>Is there way to more or less sefely migrade to AMD64 arhitecture via >>>csup and >>>source build? =2E.. >Damn it. Then i guess i need to do some experimenting myself. Definitely. >Theoretically, what would be the procedure? 1) Backup system. 2) Download amd64 install ISO and burn to CD 3) Boot from CD 4) Follow instructions for fresh install 5) Restore/merge configuration from backups. If you have a spare amd64 system and most of the content is static, you could reduce downtime by doing steps 4 thru 5 on the second system and either swapping the disk(s) or the entire system. --=20 Peter Jeremy --/NkBOFFp2J2Af1nK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8atj/opHv/APuIcRAnSKAJ42DZsM8g7egXioVViPTEpGLqR5kwCgr1j1 N6o9uM7FGUeRfGKG5nHT1ug= =w4jF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/NkBOFFp2J2Af1nK--