Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:30:42 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: rsh.lists@comcast.net Cc: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386 Message-ID: <cb52064205091803303c0c94bd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <432CA57E.9050302@comcast.net> References: <cb52064205091713197d4a0d8c@mail.gmail.com> <432C85E7.3080201@gmail.com> <432CA57E.9050302@comcast.net>
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On 9/18/05, Sean <rsh.lists@comcast.net> wrote: > Subhro wrote: > > Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop > >> PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided > >> to downgrade to i386 for the time being. > >> > >> > > What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a > > completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a > > 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other > > provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform > > to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware > > holding different copies of OS. > > > > Thanks > > S. > > >=20 > But the AMD hardware, for example I have a dual Opteron, can run in > 64(amd64) or 32(i386) bit mode. > So could you upgrade i386 to amd64 on such a system? > Sounds interesting. >=20 Well, theoretically, it sure as hell is possible. I mean I have cross-compiled dozens of programs, and they worked fine. There are just too few people that have tried "cross-upgrading", so I guess I'll have to stick to the backup-clean-install path. What a pity.
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