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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:22:33 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Robert Cousins <rec@RCousins.com>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: x86 to amd64 build/upgrade path
Message-ID:  <20030912152233.GA76600@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F5C9370.8090503@RCousins.com>

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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:34:24AM -0700, Robert Cousins wrote:
> 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.


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