Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:57:10 +0200 From: Rares Aioanei <bsdlisten@gmail.com> To: Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing architecture Message-ID: <CAMy0BGSupQZ8VPt=V%2BK4XmFfhj8Hc5Z61=WVRqtiw5no20QGBQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3q8cLq5D8hzRRqS@baobab.bilink.it> References: <3q8cLq5D8hzRRqS@baobab.bilink.it>
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Hey, Basically, if I understand your question correctly, you want /home/$user and the contents of /etc (most of it) backed up then used on the new machine(s). No, a simple rebuild won't suffice, I'd go with a reinstall. On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it > wrote: > > Hello all! > > I have an i386 small server that I whish to upgrade to amd64 (upgrading > the hardware too:) without destroying user files and configurations. > Is that possible? It might be interesting on some virtual machines too... > Maybe doing a rebuild of everything in /usr/src changing the architecture > is enough? > > Thanks, > > Luciano. > -- > /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 > X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG > / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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