From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 02:14:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A4316A41B for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:14:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22C913C4A7 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:13:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 35so1224805aga for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:13:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yvy8X2deTRVxRqJUIBxubNqcKN6XEvUgaMzUJqPqv38=; b=sCYGuMpvi69mdObE7QT4dCSXqvaFAQIaiJfSALZ0Y8ncd8QoLDCJIL+qK94thNWbLTJgphuqXlfa6M/v9+NCgAM1aTqWPivkiwi0N4r0Rs5MCAOyl8+KjJka4zGpSPAdv9lDsOjJ0WyNYb7R51K3PfOizjKo5vwFHEr9C8e8bPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DC+nLRVwgMBTNTbAJghUCHMl+aRKU31zvSF3zwKpSkj98PNB5DCZJFmEP53/Gz58MxbyrqIMFopdVR12+0NCaZV1rzid7SqpKu9FiAPFWJ1NX1e/ik/Z2ywZej5sVJRfpAwti4ApY2S6vnkGIIogu4dFL0fQewou20axaiCilXU= Received: by 10.70.63.6 with SMTP id l6mr2997973wxa.1194401638367; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n26sm12122832ele.2007.11.06.18.13.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:13:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47311F63.5090807@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:13:55 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071101) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Robey References: <4730BC31.5010300@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <4730BC31.5010300@chuckr.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conversion of an installed base i386 -> amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:14:00 -0000 Chuck Robey wrote: > I have finally decided that I really should have installed my > quad-core-2 equipped box as a amd64, instead of the i386 (32 bit > should have been 64 bit). I just finished a buildworld, and I > checked, the binaries (which I haven't yet done an installworld on) > are actually amd64/64 bit binaries. I'm running -current, which is > mostly why I;m on this list, but my question is one of installation > order: in doing the conversion, I don't really like the idea of > accidentally hanging the box. I would like someone to please let me > know, what's next? Understand, I am still running the i386 compiler > (but the buildworld builds it's own private compiler, thank you very > much). I need to know, should I install the world next? Or, is there > some more correct strategy to get the kernel built? The procedure I used was: 1. FTP the distfiles for the base system (ftp://.../release/distfiles/base) [you may need to do a down grade to RELENG temporarily until you get to step 6] 2. Do the same for the kernel files 3. Install the kernel files (cd ...../distfiles/kernel;install.sh GENERIC) 4. Install the base files (cd ...../distfiles/kernel;install.sh;install.sh) 5. Reboot (your now running an 100% amd64 in the base system) 6. Do the normal procedure for recompiling the system and ports -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com