Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:42:35 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Doug Eastick <eastick@mcD.on.ca> Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: how to upgrade from i386-9.0 to amd64/9.x Message-ID: <52E8BEFB.1010300@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <52E8163A.1060004@FreeBSD.org> References: <201401281602.s0SG2LPb004121@jessie.mcd.on.ca> <52E8163A.1060004@FreeBSD.org>
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On 28/01/2014 20:42, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 28/01/2014 16:02, Doug Eastick wrote: >> Hi, I am currently running the following i386 9.0 on my firewall system. >> >> >> FreeBSD jessie.mcd.on.ca 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >> >> I need to upgrade to 9.1 or 9.2 or higher but I'd also like to switch over to amd64 as >> my install of i386 was a stupid mistake 2 years ago :-). >> >> tips on how to install /upgrade please? Will the installer of amd64/9.2 notice my existing system? > > > Re-install your system using the amd64 installation media. Simple as that. > > You should back up anything you want to keep onto removable media or a > different machine and plan on completely wiping out your current setup. > Even if you ultimately manage to preserve some parts of the current > system, better to be prepared in case anihilation is the (desired or > not) outcome. > Matthew's advice is the sensible answer and really should be the way you go as it's your firewall. However, I'm in a similar position myself but the machine in question is an unimportant spare I'm using for playing around on, and I specifically want to get familiar with FreeBSD's cross building capabilities because I want to do some custom builds for Raspberry Pi soon (yes, I know about crochet). Therefore, I'm intending to do things the hard way for the practice, and if I screw up, it won't really matter. As part of my research on the topic I came across this page on the wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/amd64/i386Migration If that doesn't convince you to follow Matthew's advice, good luck. :-)
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