From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Mar 13 08:22:58 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 E653C106564A
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:22:58 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org)
Received: from srv0006.pine.nl (srv0006.pine.nl [213.156.9.2])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14C18FC15
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:22:58 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by srv0006.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B754D1B5
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:19 +0100 (CET)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pine.nl
Received: from srv0006.pine.nl ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost (srv0006.pine.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
	with LMTP id GJxkj-Hyeh1J for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:13 +0100 (CET)
Received: from fileserver.pine.nl (a83-161-224-82.adsl.xs4all.nl
	[83.161.224.82])
	(using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by srv0006.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 215F74D1C1
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:13 +0100 (CET)
Received: from [172.16.0.46] (unknown [172.16.0.46])
	(using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by fileserver.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EF97130EA4
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:22 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <49BA13B8.3070602@isafeelin.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:12 +0100
From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:22:59 -0000

I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386
7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Mainly because the machine has 8GB of memory
and I don't like the PAE limitations.

I've done this a couple of times before with 4.x -> 6.x but all remained
i386.

Are there any pitfalls when doing an upgrade of i386 to amd64 or should
it be the same as any binary upgrade?

Thanks,

-- F