From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 18:43:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36C01106564A for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:43:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA0BF8FC25 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:43:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id s46so3076328rnb.3 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=4cyaC7l7QWDMECWpNlu1yDNP4s9Ay0hNq4XfwaUkj6k=; b=sDJYV7R335GHpsyhrQLSukaHCmcZsPm++8JBwCdEf/dH2yKf55dkE+RJzZqClUyhx/OdrX52JTz/FX6f64+wfKi/fBzgn+n3x+aBRN5Zez8Qmil92oSTpeL3vSj0F+kDyNAh+41HHb1zPjoy0Dn4uJ9k32S8r5ZIR+ZBRL8R6Do= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=YTVHjoXDLYkwkryCH8fYzh01vULRMHF7z7kK6tWcB9FwZc4BBUyVnFSw1Pl8a6JUQ9/ArJx/vyWDn6nHx1hnGFj7Ibvnm/VJKNmP44nbjWV1RqcuPt2fhp80nGoostwu2TUwT7lTG5yuMAeRa3XAoMz0uIBWwPTU9d48vTJdWxg= Received: by 10.142.217.17 with SMTP id p17mr1590401wfg.99.1206643407552; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.11.10 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:43:27 -0400 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" To: "FreeBSD Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: from 6.3 to 7.0, will this work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:43:29 -0000 Hi, I am thinking upgrading my hardware to core2 duo to enjoy fbsd 7.0, my old 6.3 runs on amd64 3400+. If I just buy a new m-board+core 2 cpu, can my old installation boot up the system, and then allow me to recompile kernel and stuff? I thought about getting a new drive too to do a fresh install, but my bay is full and kinda on a budget, thank you!! TFC