Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:07:11 -0500 From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9-stable from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <E3F84348-29F1-4715-AE72-B6E6A052571D@bway.net> In-Reply-To: <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org> References: <m2y5sa7yt0.wl%randy@psg.com> <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org>
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On Feb 11, 2012, at 12:48 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 02/10/2012 20:56, Randy Bush wrote: >> is there a recipe for moving from i386 to amd64? > > Other than backup and reinstall, no. As you already discovered the old > world won't run on the new kernel. Installing the new world before > reboot isn't safe either, as at some point in the process it'll blow up. I recall doing it and then going on to do other bad things (like putting a 4.9/i386 jail on the 7.2 amd64 host). I'm pretty sure I had some back and forth about it on this list, but I'm having no luck finding it. I was local to the box though, so errors were a bit easier to work around. A few vague snippets I remember: -grabbing lib32 from somewhere and installing it -ensuring COMPAT_FREEBSD32 was in the kernel -possibly something complicated with /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 and its 32-bit friend I wish I could remember more. It was one of those "you cannot/should not do this" challenges that often suck down many hours. Maybe I misremembered the whole thing and gave in and reinstalled even. I do recall finding a few encouraging hacks in the archives though. Thanks, Charles > > Sorry, > > Doug > > -- > > It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Charles Sprickman NetEng/SysAdmin Bway.net - New York's Best Internet www.bway.net spork@bway.net - 212.655.9344
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