From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 18:56:04 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D94A7F57 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x22c.google.com (mail-lb0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58880610 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbcgn8 with SMTP id gn8so7780043lbc.2 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:56:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=weCRli+g4ubA/ABluLgNjaOmBwhCxDqGp4zyfZh0Iak=; b=FSCdj5drQ/6sP8RKs/Wi2am5ctkhrjOg0U4netUijyIiKlD6QuwfrQS9eNkdJ5ko08 WOAvbr+KindgK754aHWLx3OQbMTenUrrTWzcpGbXwSDVSpNmoXr1VDYige/lY3xLPU/F ortpHiTMBp08NyPy9+H8WyrPiUWPCdokRmETR27mfzU+xr1NP3BnFiZYcUtqVWM8D+Aj fGCMBKvCINkeOxkFn1tnfbWvUTUDdNlQ4nEshl5gNgYyHE/L55rzC0IUrUbnuGFAs4th Y08ma4rEMZkaPCaw/WclQlEK8X0tEBb9UEUD7M/4ubHUf44mPiH3JoUOT8w56pWie7/E i1Rw== X-Received: by 10.112.167.231 with SMTP id zr7mr52265435lbb.123.1426445762252; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:56:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.13.37 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:55:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:55:21 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Install amd64 over existing i386 To: Chris Hill Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:56:04 -0000 On 15 March 2015 at 19:09, Chris Hill wrote: > 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 APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI, > MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > Features2=0x408e3fd TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE> > AMD Features=0x20100000 > AMD Features2=0x1 > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics > Why don't you just backup /etc and /usr/local/etc and reinstall? Usually, there is nothing architecture-specific in those directories, I think. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."