Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:30 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: "Meyendriesch, Burkard" <Burkard.Meyendriesch@t-systems.com> Subject: Re: AW: FreeBSD 5.3; howto migrate from i386 to amd64 mode Message-ID: <20041217122537.B85275@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <200412161403.46382.peter@wemm.org> References: <E08434385832C64D96F20B76FFCAC9171DBE09@S4DE8DSAAHE.krf.telekom.de> <200412161403.46382.peter@wemm.org>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Peter Wemm wrote: > The difficulty is working around the catch-22 situation where you > need a new kernel first so you can install world, and you need a new > world first before you can boot the new kernel. Cheating and using > the swap partition for a temporary world is one way around it. It > might even be necessary to do a new buildworld inside the temporary > world if you can't reinstall the previous one. Some creativity will > be needed. Isn't this where /usr/src/installworld_oldk could come in handy? Apparently there was a similar chicken & egg problem updating FreeBSD/sparc64 to 64BTT but installworld_oldk claims it can be used for any situation where you need to install a majorly incompatible old-kernel/new-world. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest, most open, and most stable OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, AMD64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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