From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 23 12:57:11 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF9CEAAF8F7 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlisten@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C75212 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlisten@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A1176AAF8F6; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A94AAF8F5 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlisten@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x22f.google.com (mail-ob0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 693D0211 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlisten@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ob0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id gc3so192978317obb.3 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:57:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=v0ZkfJcadF+GA+Dg4TE0oMb8ty7o7NRlgjI3QQ7che4=; b=AZOEzj/UKbF7xiipNrUMzO5lUmHdZ3c1s04regkNdJ7nYlCHqwu1RYKRPmtRLrwAGQ xsPnKslxH1aPXVYATasfOrXuca1egQL5cSMhMsgTvNsJvuBlmRjEeTNEiDIUrT3X1Sdx WSmeqhqecmsKEtFFwAwBzBKtqqlg4OCmebvp/BpMFsC3EngEqPTgBIsKIAj9nWULMdSa x6zsYykvDvB4KErELPJ1Z7huwLbxgDApZQ5OPFmYoEpFXmqdvAPUcHcpzG/vSgf8uRMW hkuPiTdvnSLrOSXS3VolQTuJ3+1xg6PGBlpNRIXSGvVwzDjWoLHTQJQ0+in46aZkj5yB B+AA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=v0ZkfJcadF+GA+Dg4TE0oMb8ty7o7NRlgjI3QQ7che4=; b=AHeBpY2iYAhLM7XBK6Ih8DDXl3JEi5bp9rCp8Ima8OSc6vUtbVIhFwE0U5nao+F0k5 sQVqxP7RuubOes5HUDKn6wBTATpuuxQ7LpMBojld3vx91QObYGoXyu1lHVSWprrecx1r WaWJsEHypfnEmXch5sM/+xYX5DJ0H5HrihNv8WRa976K8FlWMKpy61PXLcDJmm/AfCw8 PCaQKQCgNEN3HCfSOpJY6BPvbsmMQ4wE1Lu8bbfRDqe4RlGo/LtW0ZuGs5Kh7UAIhzZv 9g9Aa0Ur5pKcNCH58JCUA0IzIGEADjcyv8DtXiJufVmSX9lGCQeyiiQoo/68l4KzuDuf vbNg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTB+tngt4yTslvvsPYm4Ll1SjYRlvmpihoeRA403xgORxc7TUf/vYOsTtPvrlIXQUA9zSSsceZK5Y9Dyw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.82.229 with SMTP id l5mr26795494oey.6.1456232230746; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:57:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.177.74 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:57:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3q8cLq5D8hzRRqS@baobab.bilink.it> References: <3q8cLq5D8hzRRqS@baobab.bilink.it> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:57:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Changing architecture From: Rares Aioanei To: Luciano Mannucci Cc: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:57:11 -0000 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 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" >