Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:29:22 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386->AMD64 upgrade path Message-ID: <20040629112922.su8k0ko8kg844kos@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040629145435.GP29281@afflictions.org> References: <36u63c$231i65@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net> <20040629103106.gpw4kwscsg88k0c8@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20040629145435.GP29281@afflictions.org>
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Quoting Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org>: > Thus spake Kenneth Culver (culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz) [29/06/04 10:23]: > : >What is the state of the AMD64 version of BSD? Other than that im leaning > : >toward the 1.7GHz Centrino, but I hear a lot of problems with FreeBSD > : >working right with Centrino, is this correct? What are the issues? > : > > : It runs OK, with some minor nits compared to x86 version. I'm not sure > : what the > : laptop maker is talking about... but if you boot the x86 version of > FreeBSD, > : it'll work. I think they meant you can't switch from amd64 to x86 after > : already > : booting an OS. > > Apologies for the noob question (and perhaps a slightly-OT post), but I've > been debating purchasing an AMD64 machine for about a month now. Aside from > being lost in the myriad of available CPUs, I'm lost in the upgrade path. > > According to the statement above, this means that I can boot, buildworld, > buildkernel, installkernel, reboot into single-user, installworld, rebuild > ports? Will that move me to a 64-bit platform? Or is there some other > trickery to this? Would a binary upgrade be a better path? Although I could be wrong, I don't think it's possible to upgrade like this. Last I heard someone was working on this capability, but I haven't heard if it's done yet. I just did a complete reinstall after backing up important info/configuration. Ken
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