From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 14:39:10 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 E9CBA1065676 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB438FC1D for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werg1 with SMTP id g1so953832wer.13 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:39:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=YzJTiI88JsQFwE5LyJb0zchcdklyiudJ4e/xt8vqX74=; b=LvNDg6PKoenKaEQQ3lkH1+nwnFa2qg+ptSq+F8ZCeh+YnuKFeVw5T93sRCug4u9eBq Mu2NO5oK89p1nBEFxpYBbDWHnlXzrquXfM4PvrEOasMaO2ghmQsO4oXWO9fApZqZHmqj MKHP2F9+uD+QK0Dk01hQInIONydsrOqZupBEEW+4BklejoBOAkl+qFyULaX7P5Bo1GKY Dgy/sM9xJB4hALhtPkT4Xy2xGfDQbSV4uvbAlrADHjNgYRludd/h3yNDfFvTSIMlkeeQ kwE/qkhPUJT9aHZgfadr9UiNM7v0N1IiRZ02JwusPJF+vonSQf5Cqo3WtBFHedd+8hyp TWGw== Received: by 10.180.82.198 with SMTP id k6mr5253632wiy.20.1340807948460; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:39:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.75.151 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:38:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FEB0C7C.9080104@devel.njit.edu> References: <4FEB0C7C.9080104@devel.njit.edu> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:38:28 +0300 Message-ID: To: Tim Kellers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 14:39:10 -0000 On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Tim Kellers wrote: > I'm upgrading a 7.3 -STABLE installation to 8.x, then 9- Stable over the > next few days. The hardware is a Dell 2950 that is capable of running 64 > bit FreeBSD. The original installation was i386 32 bit and that is what it > is running now. > > 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? > > Please just don't do it. Backup, Install new, restore configs and data! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.