Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:20 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: JonathanGilpin <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to AMD64 from I386 using make world Message-ID: <20090919201920.GI47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20090919200643.GA70447@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <25523741.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090919200643.GA70447@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:06:43PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:30:35AM -0700, JonathanGilpin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an i386 system running and I want to switch to AMD64. Is this > > possible using make world and a kernel recompile? If so, could someone point > > me in the right direction as I'm getting errors on make depend on the kernel > > compile.. > > It should be possible. But you'd have to write the new kernel and userland to > a separate partition or disk. And on the next boot you would have to boot from > that partition/disk. > > Since most people do not have a separate partition handy, a better option Use swap. This is well-known trick called miniroot. > would be to make a full backup of your data and install amd64. Keep in mind > that amd64 binaries are somewhat larger on disk than i386 ones, so you might > want to adjust partition sizes. You will also have to install all your ports > again as amd64 binaries. Not system-management 32bit applications should mostly work on amd64. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkq1PMgACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4j18ACgjYiEIHkt5q7qeSpqkEpxvBK3 lEMAoL+kEAe/D1fLfEaEmLOZaGSxNy3a =qN6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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