From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 31 17:32:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C0E116A4DA for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:32:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B168943E52 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:28:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9VHSnvu084631 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:28:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4B931B842; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:28:49 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:28:49 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061031172849.GA10627@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <45475298.5090709@inoc.net> <20061031162243.GU915@tigerfish2.my.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061031162243.GU915@tigerfish2.my.domain> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: 6.x from i386 to amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:32:47 -0000 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:22:43AM -0600, Bruce Burden wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:41:44AM -0500, Robert Blayzor wrote: > > > > Is there a way to upgrade/move an already installed i386 installed 6.1 > > machine to amd64 without completely reinstalling? Is there a procedure > > to do so? It has been covered on the amd64 list, IIRC. > There is a way to "upgrade" from i386 to amd64 on an installed > system, but it is strongly suggested that you not attempt to do > that. >=20 > The advise I was given is to install from scratch, and know > happiness. Yeah, back up your data and config files and reinstall. And recompile your ports too, why bother switching to amd64 otherwise? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFR4fREnfvsMMhpyURAgTyAJ92+ggPgtyUX8Hh+ns5r2OGfFHchACfSuUJ 0e8XODNrgkPFEKXLuENRb5A= =pwZo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--