From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 21:42:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0117D16A41F for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:42:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF84143D45 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:42:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.246.232] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A359104B0032; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:42:49 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8ALhcKs031159; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:43:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j8ALhXDV031158; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: rsh.lists@comcast.net References: <43234DD3.8060608@comcast.net> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:43:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: <43234DD3.8060608@comcast.net> (Sean's message of "Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:19:15 -0400") Message-ID: <7wek7wppiy.k7w@mail.opusnet.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/amd64 co-exist 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: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:42:56 -0000 Sean writes: > I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can choose weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. > Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two releases on their own? I'm fairly sure it could be done, but you'd have to have pairs of most system and program directories and do a bunch of unusual (AKA untested) configurations and have some custom boot scripts and it would likely be more trouble than it's worth.