From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 14:37:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB8B1065675 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:37:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1-6.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76FF8FC15 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.43.26] (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5REbLAF090623; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:37:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4FEB1A8C.7020009@sentex.net> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:37:00 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Kellers References: <4FEB0C7C.9080104@devel.njit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4FEB0C7C.9080104@devel.njit.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.72 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32 bit to 64 bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:37:25 -0000 On 6/27/2012 9:37 AM, Tim Kellers wrote: > Will the buildworld ---> buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO64 allow a 32 bit > installation to build a 64 bit kernel? I'd like to upgrade this machine > to 64 bit AMD and I'd prefer not to do it from a DVD if I can do it from > source. Has anyone tried this and succeeded (or failed spectacularly) > on a remote install/upgrade? I have seen posts of people who have done it, but when we contemplated it a while back it was more trouble than it was worth. It was easier and safer to build a new image on a separate disk, install all the apps from the ports, and then migrate the customer data over. Even if the box is remote, it might be easier to ship the drive there and have someone change it out for you. ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/