From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 20:05:18 2009 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 D2BE410656C2 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:05:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 664758FC14 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:05:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1NK5DZA005867; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:05:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D4286BA89; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:05:12 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:05:12 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Andrew Moran Message-ID: <20090223200512.GA47390@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from FreeBSD 7.1/i386 to FreeBSD 7.1/AMD64? 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: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:05:20 -0000 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:30:10AM -0800, Andrew Moran wrote: >=20 > I installed the i386 distro on my Core 2 Duo instead of AMD64 and now =20 > I want to switch to using AMD64. First of all, your Core2 Duo should work just fine with i386. The amd64 architecture is an extension of the x86 arch. Unless you regularly run out of address space on i386, there is no _need_ to install amd64. Be aware that some ports (especially binary drivers and ditto plugins) only run on i386. =20 > Is there a good path to do this? Will I have to reinstall,=20 Reinstalling is probably the wisest course. Also be aware that you need to remove and rebuild all your ports if you want them to be 64-bit. > or can I do a buildworld/installworld over the i386? You can cross-build, but you'll need to install the new kernel and world to a separate partition and boot from that partition. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmjAXgACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV6eACfQ2lxB7f+B0aArJ+GJm2iZQPt GTwAnRcPGB5R5XRkNRq/OR4+g9+wFNH1 =6kv7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--