From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 22:27:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B82216A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:27:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao04.cox.net (lakermmtao04.cox.net [68.230.240.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C49AC43D49 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:27:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net) Received: from ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net ([68.11.70.23]) by lakermmtao04.cox.netESMTP <20040608222737.VPGL12116.lakermmtao04.cox.net@ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net>; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:27:37 -0400 Received: from ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i58MRZK4001322; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:27:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost)i58MRZBd001321; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:27:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:27:30 -0500 (CDT) Sender: conrads@ip68-11-70-23.no.no.cox.net From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootstrapping a 64-bit environment starting with a 5.2.1-RELEASE CD set X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:27:38 -0000 Please disregard. I just checked and found the AMD64 ISOs. Duh! :-) On 08-Jun-2004 Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > I hope this isn't considered off-topic for this list (as in, more appropriate > maybe for the questions list). > > I just bought a new AMD64 system yesterday, and I'm wondering how to go about > building a complete 64-bit environment, starting from a 5.2.1-RELEASE > install. > The initial install of gcc won't support the -m64 option, although it does > seem > to support all the other CPU-specific options. > > What /etc/make.conf options, kernel options are recommended and/or > discouraged, > and how many builds will be needed in order to bring up the final > environment? > > Are there any potential "gotchas" to beware of? Are there any good online > sources for this information? > > I do very much appreciate any advice. Thanks! > > -- > Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas" > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Conrad J. Sabatier Date: 08-Jun-2004 Time: 17:26:52 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------