Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:59:26 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: switch from i386 to AMD64 without a total rebuild? Message-ID: <b71dc191-4e97-814a-839d-a2f787b63569@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2o82mGRftTS%2BaKHq8U49ARFFz%2BfDrrfXk8ciMzB1PUqxw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2o82mGRftTS%2BaKHq8U49ARFFz%2BfDrrfXk8ciMzB1PUqxw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/17/23 04:38, paul beard wrote: > Can I > somehow put AMD64 on the clone? Or do I have to start from scratch and > then add all the packages and configs, etc? Hello. I've done this in the past, some 10-15 years ago (no UEFI, no ZFS, no boot environments at the time). So it's definitely possible, but unfortunately I don't remember exactly how I did it: _ basically I installed kernel & world (same version, different arch, with the COMPAT_FREEVSD32 option on); I don't remember if I compiled the kernel on a different machine and moved it here or what; I don't even remember if I had to do this while booting from USB or DVD; _ I compareed all /etc with the original amd64 one in order to check if some tweaking was needed; _ up and running; _ later I recompiled all ports (no Poudriere at the time, but portupgrade). BEWARE if you have kernel modules from ports. I did this because it was a production machine which could not be taked down for long and the customer had no spare one to reinstall; if you can a total reinstall might be easier. bye av.
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