Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:37:33 -0400 From: "Haapanen, Tom" <tomh@waterloo.equitrac.com> To: "'freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: x86 to amd64 build/upgrade path Message-ID: <B1D77424948FD611A3B80000C0109EEF017A8855@SYNCRO>
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>> I'm running x86 version of 5.1 on a dual opteron box. >> Is there going to be a (relatively painless) way to upgrade >> this to the 64-bit kernel or should I plan on wiping the >> machine and starting over? > The latter. I really see no reason to provide a lot of framework to do > a 32-bit -> 64-bit upgrade. Wouldn't much of the installation be identical, though, regardless of the specific FreeBSD platform? Filesystems, /etc and so on would have the same format, would they not, making it maybe a relatively low-effort "overlay" install rather than a fully supported upgrade? At least I hope so ... Tom Haapanen (About to purchase a dual Opteron ...)
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