From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 19:05:24 2006 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 C823C16A403 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83EC013C45A for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:50715 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H15zn-0008WW-4r for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:05:23 +0100 Received: (qmail 6610 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2006 20:05:20 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 31 Dec 2006 20:05:20 +0100 Received: (qmail 19436 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Dec 2006 20:05:20 +0100 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:05:20 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Oliver Iberien Message-ID: <20061231190520.GA19424@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Oliver Iberien , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200612311040.38067.odilist@sonic.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612311040.38067.odilist@sonic.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1H15zn-0008WW-4r. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1H15zn-0008WW-4r 63023cf906d574d8349becfa16a44b3a Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is involved in switching from i386 to AMD64? 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: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:05:24 -0000 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:40:37AM -0800, Oliver Iberien wrote: > Hi, > > What actually needs to be done when switching machine architectures? I am > facing a motherboard/CPU upgrade following the demise of an Athlon+ setup. (I > am running my FreeBSD drive in a P3 while trying to figure this out.) > > Replacing it with an oldish P4 would be easiest but they are rapidly becoming > extinct. After much Googling I can't quite figure out what happens if I were > to put the FreeBSD i386 HD into a 64-bit system. Nothing? Disaster? Do I > totally have the wrong end of the stick? I'd be grateful for any advice. Since the AMD64 architecture is completely backwards-compatible with the older i386 architecture, the i386 version of FreeBSD should work just fine in the new system. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se