Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:23:42 -0400 From: Sean <rsh.lists@comcast.net> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: infofarmer@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386 Message-ID: <432CA57E.9050302@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <432C85E7.3080201@gmail.com> References: <cb52064205091713197d4a0d8c@mail.gmail.com> <432C85E7.3080201@gmail.com>
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Subhro wrote: > Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: > >> Hello! >> >> I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop >> PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided >> to downgrade to i386 for the time being. >> >> > What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a > completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a > 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other > provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform > to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware > holding different copies of OS. > > Thanks > S. > But the AMD hardware, for example I have a dual Opteron, can run in 64(amd64) or 32(i386) bit mode. So could you upgrade i386 to amd64 on such a system? Sounds interesting.
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