Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:12:41 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: fbsdq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: what to do? amd64 - i386 Message-ID: <20050731191241.3ca8846e.dick@nagual.st>
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I have a well running FreeBSD-5.4 system. In a few days I get an Athlon64 based system, so I will be able to install the FreeBSD-5.4-64 version _OR_ use dump / restore to transport my system to the new drive. Personally I think it is wiser to wait for fbsd-6.x to make the transfer and use my (old) FreeBSD-5.4-i386 version on my new machine. But maybe I'm wrong about this assumption. FreeBSD will be my main system. I will use a lot of ports and don't mind reinstalling, but it should be worthwile. I know the OS itself will be faster, but how about ports. Is there a way to find out which ports will or will not build? Using the i386 version gives me no hassle at all I guess, but.. (??) -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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