From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 2 17:13:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A43D716A417 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:13:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ru@rambler-co.ru) Received: from relay0.rambler.ru (relay0.rambler.ru [81.19.66.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC89243CA6 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:12:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ru@rambler-co.ru) Received: from relay0.rambler.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay0.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027F8731F; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:13:13 +0300 (MSK) Received: from edoofus.park.rambler.ru (unknown [81.19.65.108]) by relay0.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC8347319; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:13:12 +0300 (MSK) Received: (from ru@localhost) by edoofus.park.rambler.ru (8.13.8/8.13.8) id kB2HDIbF032401; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:13:18 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from ru) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:13:18 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Mike Meyer Message-ID: <20061202171318.GA32377@rambler-co.ru> References: <20061202120938.GC31623@dinsnail.net> <84dead720612020527k644f67d1h36c715a2cbfd4c53@mail.gmail.com> <20061202170124.GD31897@rambler-co.ru> <17777.45950.536177.528750@bhuda.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17777.45950.536177.528750@bhuda.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: No virus found Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compile world on i386 to x86_64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:13:14 -0000 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 12:10:22PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <20061202170124.GD31897@rambler-co.ru>, Ruslan Ermilov typed: > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:57:32PM +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > > >Can I avoid reinstalling the system with amd64 binaries by > > > >cross-compiling world and kernel for amd64 on the installed > > > >i386 FreeBSD-CURRENT? > > >=20 > > > Yes, it is possible, do check the archives for the details. > > >=20 > > We've been doing this "upgrade" last week; > > compared to the last time I checked it, the > > 32-bit compatibility only improved, so the > > whole process was much simpler, and basically > > was like this: >=20 > I went through it a month or so ago. I'll add one bit of advice: >=20 > Drop in a spare disk and dual boot during the transition. My system > disk was mirrored, and I turned that off and set up one of the two as > amd64 during the transition, then turned the mirror back on when it > was done. >=20 > That also makes the cross-compile installation process easier, as you > can mount the second disk on your i386 system and just just install to > it. >=20 That's not sexy; with two disks you can install amd64 bits on a spare disk under i386 without problems, boot from the new disk, and so on, but this would not be called the "in-place upgrade from i386 to amd64" then. ;) Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFcbQuqRfpzJluFF4RAitEAJ9S0KZfky6oeK/CjI2+bJQewk43dgCfSd9l nmRdCSKI1lO0Ph+7ZL+GJ3Y= =nCne -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--