Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:29:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>, FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install amd64 over existing i386 Message-ID: <20150315162950.37888091.42076.20279@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1503151159320.712@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1503151159320.712@tripel.monochrome.org>
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it probably won't be a big deal running i386 instead of amd64. Of course, you loose the larger address space, potential optimizations may not be taken advantage of, and there may be amd64-specific ports you will want, but on the whole, if you don't think it's a big deal it's probably not. The "correct" software is the one that does what *you* need it to. ;-) You can certainly save the file system and upgrade, but exactly how will depend on your drive partitioning/configuration. I'd practice on a vm first. Dale Original Message From: Chris Hill Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:09 AM To: FreeBSD Questions List Reply To: Chris Hill Subject: Install amd64 over existing i386 Hi list, I bought a new machine the other day, and accidentally installed the i386 version of FreeBSD on it even though it has a 64-bit processor. It works fine, but I think I'd rather have the "right" version. So, two questions: 1. Is it even worth worrying about at this point? 2. Can I just install amd64 without destroying existing filesystems and files? I realize I'll have to reinstall my ports, but that's OK. Thanks. More info below. Yes, the CMOS clock was set incorrectly when I did the install. $ uname -a FreeBSD tripel.monochrome.org 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 22:51:51 UTC 2014 root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Relevant part of dmesg: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (3158.81-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 0x6 Model = 0x17 Stepping = 10 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Features2=0x408e3fd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE> AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM> AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF> TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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