From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 30 19:52:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3CF6106566C for ; Sun, 30 May 2010 19:52:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7748FC14 for ; Sun, 30 May 2010 19:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj23 with SMTP id 23so2372258gwj.13 for ; Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.118.24 with SMTP id q24mr4318853ybc.212.1275249144649; Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.137.17 with HTTP; Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.133.142] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:24 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade 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, 30 May 2010 19:52:25 -0000 On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows: 1) download and burn the relevant amd64 iso 2) update your backups 3) reformat and reinstall the OS from the CD 4) restore your data and system config from the backups 5) resume normal operation If the thought of reformatting your system is scary, because you don't have backups or aren't sure they are comprehensive or work, then solve that problem, rather than trying to invent workarounds to cover for bad system administration. It will serve you much better in the long run. -- Rob Farmer