From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 20:19:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F16106566B for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (skuns.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 889038FC12 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n8JKJL2X097315 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:21 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8JKJKP0004564; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:20 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8JKJKRs004563; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:20 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:20 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20090919201920.GI47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <25523741.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090919200643.GA70447@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Oe/ScElO4SkQHdx9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090919200643.GA70447@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Cc: JonathanGilpin , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to AMD64 from I386 using make world X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:19:29 -0000 --Oe/ScElO4SkQHdx9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > 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 k= ernel > > compile.. > =20 > It should be possible. But you'd have to write the new kernel and userlan= d to > a separate partition or disk. And on the next boot you would have to boot= from > that partition/disk. >=20 > 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 mi= nd > that amd64 binaries are somewhat larger on disk than i386 ones, so you mi= ght > want to adjust partition sizes. You will also have to install all your po= rts > again as amd64 binaries. Not system-management 32bit applications should mostly work on amd64. --Oe/ScElO4SkQHdx9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkq1PMgACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4j18ACgjYiEIHkt5q7qeSpqkEpxvBK3 lEMAoL+kEAe/D1fLfEaEmLOZaGSxNy3a =qN6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Oe/ScElO4SkQHdx9--