Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:00:20 -0400 From: "Kevin K" <kkutzko@teksavvy.com> To: "'H. Wade Minter'" <minter@lunenburg.org>, "'FreeBSD Stable'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Switching from 32 to 64 bit with freebsd-update? Message-ID: <009701c8e797$b8d05c80$2a711580$@com> In-Reply-To: <806C9CF5-A9DD-4C7D-94A9-07724B731D74@lunenburg.org> References: <806C9CF5-A9DD-4C7D-94A9-07724B731D74@lunenburg.org>
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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 I believe this is possible but you will come into a lot of trouble with statically linked libraries -- a much more reliable and secure would be to build a clean amd64 on a separate system and re-compile the needed software and move the files from i386 over after it has been tested.
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