Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:38:15 +0200 From: Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting 10.3-i386 to 10.3-amd64 Message-ID: <af117d50-5600-7618-b309-d17418bcfdac@fechner.net> In-Reply-To: <57BE6D46.4080408@rcn.com> References: <57BE6D46.4080408@rcn.com>
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Am 25.08.2016 um 06:00 schrieb Robert Huff: > I have a machine, whose cpu is an AMD Phenom II, on which I > recently installed 10.3. Spectifically: > > FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE #0 r297264: Fri Mar 25 03:51:29 UTC 2016 > root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > (Question: I thought the installation process was supposed to > detect the architecture and automatically install the correct > kernel+world. Am I mistaken?) > I want to convert this to: > > FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE #0 r297264: Fri Mar 25 03:51:29 UTC 2016 > root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > in the short term to access all 8 gb of memory, and in the long > term to jump to -head. > I have not changed /usr/src. > There are no "make.conf" or "src.conf". > Running "make buildworld" produces this: > > cd /usr/src; PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin make -m > /usr/src/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 TARGET=i386 TARGET_ARCH=i386 buildworld > have you searched for "freebsd convert i386 to amd64" on google? Maybe you want to check the first result: https://wiki.freebsd.org/amd64/i386Migration I used it to convert 5 FreeBSD boxes without problems from i386 to amd64. Gruß Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook
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