Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:44:49 +0100 (CET) From: Michael Reifenberger <mike@Reifenberger.com> To: Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <20041231094258.Y87761@fw.reifenberger.com> In-Reply-To: <41D3E4D4.2020403@FreeBSD.org> References: <20041230090557.I82461@fw.reifenberger.com> <41D3E4D4.2020403@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Ade Lovett wrote:
...
> 1. Back up your data
> 2. Insert native amd64 miniinst cdrom
> [a new 6-current snap has *just* gone up, so now's a great time]
> 3. boot, follow prompts.
>
> Having done both this option, and the heavily convoluted i386->amd64 option
> (mainly just for the bragging rights :) trust me when I say thaat steps 1-3
> above are going to be considerably quicker, easier, more painless, etc. than
> anything else.
>
Thanks! Will do.
Do my old i386 ports (like X etc) work under amd64?
Bye/2
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