From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 18:30:35 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 9932216A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:30:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D39343D39 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:30:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7FA1FE1F; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 85894-01-48; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F253F1FE24; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:30 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03F21A902; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:30 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:30 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Peter Wemm In-Reply-To: <200412161403.46382.peter@wemm.org> Message-ID: <20041217122537.B85275@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <200412161403.46382.peter@wemm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wolves.k12.mo.us cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org cc: "Meyendriesch, Burkard" Subject: Re: AW: FreeBSD 5.3; howto migrate from i386 to amd64 mode 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, 17 Dec 2004 18:30:35 -0000 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?