From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 19:49:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06BCC16A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:49:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [168.103.84.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AFE43D48 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:49:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5TJlwmd074673; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:48:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:48:24 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20040629.134824.62231877.imp@bsdimp.com> To: culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20040629112922.su8k0ko8kg844kos@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> References: <20040629103106.gpw4kwscsg88k0c8@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20040629145435.GP29281@afflictions.org> <20040629112922.su8k0ko8kg844kos@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: dgerow@afflictions.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386->AMD64 upgrade path X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:49:35 -0000 In message: <20040629112922.su8k0ko8kg844kos@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Kenneth Culver writes: : Quoting Damian Gerow : : : > 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. I've heard people upgrading this way, but it is definitely rough sledding. Warner