Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:17:17 +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: <20041231221342.E90486@fw.reifenberger.com> In-Reply-To: <41D5AF31.7050903@FreeBSD.org> References: <20041230090557.I82461@fw.reifenberger.com> <41D3E4D4.2020403@FreeBSD.org><41D5AF31.7050903@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Ade Lovett wrote:
...
>> 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.
>
Autsch.
Thats what I didn't want to hear.
Thanks anyway!
BTW: Do I have any benefit of using this hardware (2GB RAM) with amd64
in favour of i386 (besides a bigger virtual address space)?
Bye/2
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