Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:40:01 +0100 From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ? Message-ID: <49BA1BE1.7060800@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <20090313083303.GA45792@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <49BA13B8.3070602@isafeelin.org> <20090313083303.GA45792@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:05:12AM +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: >> 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? > > I don't know if a binary upgrade from i386 to amd64 is even possible, but I > am fairly certain it is not supported. Source upgrades from i386 to amd64 > are possible, but not trivial and not recommended. > > The recommended procedure for changing from i386 to amd64 is to make a > backup of all important data on the machine, and then do a fresh install of > amd64 after which any needed data is restored from the backup. > The machine has an extra 1TB disks for backups, so that part is already 'done'. Perhaps my only existing worry is that I will not be able to read the existing filesystems after the upgrade.
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