Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:57:37 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Reifenberger <mike@Reifenberger.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <41D5AF31.7050903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041231094258.Y87761@fw.reifenberger.com> References: <20041230090557.I82461@fw.reifenberger.com> <41D3E4D4.2020403@FreeBSD.org> <20041231094258.Y87761@fw.reifenberger.com>
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Michael Reifenberger wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Ade Lovett wrote: > ... > >> 1. Back up your data >> 2. Insert native amd64 miniinst cdrom [snip] > Do my old i386 ports (like X etc) work under amd64? Simple answer. No. Steps (1) and (2) above are implying a complete binary system reinstall. Part of the data you should probably be backing up is a list of installed packages so you can put the amd64 ones back in after installing kernel+userland. -aDe
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