Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:04:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Sanders" <newroswell@gmail.com> To: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>, Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> Subject: Re: from 6.3 to 7.0, will this work? Message-ID: <375baf50803271304r29c96a89r7de5f2a1d4da9cf9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <973879.77777.qm@web56802.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <f84c38580803271143y7c3ff6abj1a57d5f8b6192afc@mail.gmail.com> <973879.77777.qm@web56802.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13 PM, mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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? > > If you are running AMD64, then no it would not run on > an Intel core2 duo based system. Maybe consider an > Athlon64 X2? You could also just backup your data, > then do a fresh install of FreeBSD 7 for whatever > architecture you decide to build out with, and restore > your data from the backup. > - mdh > I run a FreeBSD 7/amd64 system on a core 2 duo. Why won't this work for him? Kevin
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