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Subject: what to do? amd64 - i386
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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.. (??)

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