From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 21:17:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 174DE16A4CE; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:17:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com (mailout02.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945CA43D31; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:17:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) Received: from fwd08.aul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1CkU9B-0000AL-01; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:17:21 +0100 Received: from fw.reifenberger.com (bVIELcZL8eVPNhmurRIZA9SZWzZBXxjyYwuJUNUPfdFVbMs5hDEn8S@[62.158.166.253]) by fmrl08.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 1CkU98-1kenBI0; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:17:18 +0100 Received: from localhost (mike@localhost)iBVLHHiE090533; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:17:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mike@reifenberger.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fw.reifenberger.com: mike owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:17:17 +0100 (CET) From: Michael Reifenberger To: Ade Lovett In-Reply-To: <41D5AF31.7050903@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20041231221342.E90486@fw.reifenberger.com> References: <20041230090557.I82461@fw.reifenberger.com> <41D3E4D4.2020403@FreeBSD.org><41D5AF31.7050903@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-ID: bVIELcZL8eVPNhmurRIZA9SZWzZBXxjyYwuJUNUPfdFVbMs5hDEn8S@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: f5bd3613-28b6-4c6b-9427-b6e709f28cb0 cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Migrating i386 to amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:17:23 -0000 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 --- Michael Reifenberger, Business Development Manager SAP-Basis, Plaut Consulting Comp: Michael.Reifenberger@plaut.de | Priv: Michael@Reifenberger.com http://www.plaut.de | http://www.Reifenberger.com