From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 28 20:28:43 2011 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 71FAA1065672 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C828FC14 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:28:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8SKScnT008416 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:28:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p8SKScnT008416 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1317241719; bh=dwGExS6e0Bgspdv9lwPBn0uofmlc7QMk2IvuE2eyiaY=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E838370.4090106@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2028=20Sep=202011=2021:28:32=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:7.0)=20Gecko/201 10922=20Thunderbird/7.0|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Odhiambo=20Washi ngton=20|CC:=20User=20Questions=20|Subject:=20Re:=20Upgrade/Change=20of=20ARCH|Re ferences:=20|In-Reply-To:=20|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.3.2|O penPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20mica lg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B =0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigA571DC4768D0549BA8662DA1"; b=onLp3B/FGFrl2qgmSQ1n5ewyKbGqD2NVK4VYZ9Vtp4cEt4TLB0piumD9lR8XiRTI4 MBsTdQiiip/hcpBcbM0Kx15q4ehVFjC7hoPwAf7B5BVnpucYESes24j2lNQcacTFX7 HW9tmDF5K66JYDVS/HRFWIcNKXY+DxzHGtfrIrS4= Message-ID: <4E838370.4090106@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:28:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Odhiambo Washington References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA571DC4768D0549BA8662DA1" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: Upgrade/Change of ARCH 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, 28 Sep 2011 20:28:43 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA571DC4768D0549BA8662DA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 28/09/2011 21:17, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I have a 8.2-STABLE server which I am considering upgrading. I have a f= ull > backup on a disk so no worries about receovery. >=20 > 1. I'd like to upgrade this server to 9.0-BETA3. What cvs tag should I = use? > Is *default release=3Dcvs tag=3D. okay? No -- you want RELENG_9 for that. > 2. Is it possible/safe to change ARCH? Like I'd like to change from i38= 6 tp > amd64. What is the procedure? i386 to amd64 is probably not impossible, but moving from one arch to another one by compiling source and upgrading is serious guru level stuff. Apart from anything else cross compiling to amd64 binaries on an i386 system is a potential source of grief. The best and surest way to change arch is to do a complete reinstall from scratch. Wipe out your i386 system and overwrite the space with amd64 from install media. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigA571DC4768D0549BA8662DA1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6Dg3YACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwr+ACfUXUP+GGuf+feXxvu99zedrBb XAQAnjBa2rY4FejPBtoNOANjaY/EtTSp =UKwq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA571DC4768D0549BA8662DA1--