Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:20:35 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Ivo Karabojkov <karabojkov@kit-bg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing architecture from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <20080808202035.GB25653@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <489CA4B2.7020503@kit-bg.com> References: <489CA4B2.7020503@kit-bg.com>
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--K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:55:30PM +0300, Ivo Karabojkov wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I have machine working with i386 version of FreeBSD 7.0 Release (after=20 > several source updates from 6.0 during the years). Is it possible to=20 > re-build kernel and "world" with another architecture, in my case > AMD64?=20 Yes, but you'll need to have a seperate partition to install them to. Don't do this if you don't know what you're doing. > I hope to be able to "switch" my architecture without re-installing=20 > FreeBSD with AMD64. You do realize that you have to recompile/reinstall your ports/packages to take advantage of the amd64 features? That is a _lot_ more work than reinstalling the base system! So reinstalling the base system should not worry you.=20 Before you switch you should check that all ports that you need are available on amd64. If you look into the port makefile and see ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3Di386, it won't work on amd64! Examples are the flash plugin for firefox and the binary nVidia driver for Xorg. The best advice I can give you is: - make backups of all your data (especially configuration files) - delete all ports - reinstall amd64 - rebuild the ports that you need. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkicqpMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVpJQCgrg8HbQOf4MKba0mUZl7GRC3g Nn8An0V7Bsx3sSSIAWCXlnVQChOc74AV =8Bc7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--
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