Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 11:56:56 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading an i386 machine from amd64. Message-ID: <538B7778.3040205@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <538B61EC.9000403@mu.org> References: <538B61EC.9000403@mu.org>
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On 06/01/14 10:25, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Hello hackers. > > Is there a way to build on amd64 and then mount over nfs the build and > src and installworld from an i386 machine? > > The problem seems to be that "install" and "strip" and etc are built > as amd64 binaries so that the installworld will fail. > > Below I have a solution I was going to do a blog post about, but then > realized maybe I'd be leading people down the wrong path. > > Can someone verify that I need to use rsync as opposed to installworld > for this to work? Usually the strategy is to update the kernel first, since you can use an amd64 kernel with i386 world. Then you reboot, then replace world. -Nathan
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