Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:14:05 -0700 (MST) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG, samspeedu@mail.ru Subject: Re: From CURRENT-i386 -> CURRENT amd64 Message-ID: <20051102.121405.41670789.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20051102150805.GA75891@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <002301c5df5f$fa16e9e0$652a15ac@smiley> <3410224838.20051102114823@mail.ru> <20051102150805.GA75891@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: From CURRENT-i386 -> CURRENT amd64 Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:08:05 -0800 > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 11:48:23AM +0300, Andrey Smagin wrote: > > > > How I can safe switch platform ? > > > > Assuming you have an athlon64 or opteron system > that is currently running i386 FreeBSD. You > need to backup user data, get a list of install > ports, and the amd64 ISO images. Now, install > amd64 over the top of i386, restore user data, > and install the ports. Alternatively, you can do an installworld into a DESTDIR and then boot off of that and then back-copy. But that can be a pita if done incorrectly... Warner
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