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From: "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org>
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Subject: Switching from 32 to 64 bit with freebsd-update?
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I have a 64-bit system that had the 32-bit version of 6.3 installed on  
it.  Is it possible to use freebsd-update (or another somewhat  
painless method) to switch the system to 64-bit?

We're running into the 4GB memory limit.

--Wade