From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 13:02:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B535F1065679 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:02:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA42C8FC1B for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:02:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0BD1wsj043321; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:01:59 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk o0BD1wsj043321 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1263214919; bh=8QJxVdFX10l9IZlrHsc2OCNQYkGQeZuVIdMtKUA6vno=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B4B2140.5020202@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20M on,=2011=20Jan=202010=2013:01:52=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20091129)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20nightrecon@hotmail.com|CC:=20freebsd-questions@fr eebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Converting=20i386=20to=20amd64|Referenc es:=20|In-Reply-To:=20|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipar t/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applicati on/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig78525F145 935713F58380BA7"; b=wNZuC2mchjad9OIfzwhiygiBnruiG5GKns7nvOKKZ7liag3U0WHllq4e+dMVb0LBI BsLdCpezMJGRyYEysfF/FX3j8uBMmadOnphEvbfqe43G5sRNKG+8O0M/tE+lXo0ubT baSiR/REH6DqR7AYhr2VoKRRQE+VDi+MxFcfW7fQ= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4B4B2140.5020202@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:01:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091129) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nightrecon@hotmail.com References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig78525F145935713F58380BA7" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Converting i386 to amd64 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: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:02:04 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig78525F145935713F58380BA7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Michael Powell wrote: > Greetings everyone: >=20 > This is probably a pretty dumb question, but it's never really come up = for=20 > me before. I am at a crossroads with regard to some hardware upgrades, = and=20 > for a couple of them I have been putting off making the change to 64 bi= t.=20 > These are server boxen with no concerns for desktop use. >=20 > Is it possible to change an i386 install to amd64 without needing to st= art=20 > from scratch? I was poking around reading some stuff, and ran across th= is in=20 > in /usr/src/Makefile: >=20 > # If TARGET=3Dmachine (e.g. ia64, sparc64, ...) is specified you can > # cross build world for other machine types using the buildworld target= , > # and once the world is built you can cross build a kernel using the > # buildkernel target. >=20 > Does this mean I can achieve the desired effect with "make buildworld=20 > TARGET=3Damd64", et al? It would be a tremendous time-saver for me. >=20 > Of course I would follow with a portupgrade -fa and rebuild all ports=20 > afterward. >=20 > Thanks in advance for the wielding of any clue sticks. :-) This sort of process /is/ possible, but it is a lot more involved than you're anticipating. Unless you're the sort of person that likes doing terribly complicated and risky procedures for the hell of it, you are=20 going to be better off just starting from scratch and reinstalling using an AMD64 .iso. It's going to be quicker to reinstall anyhow. 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