Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:55 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from x86 (32) to amd64 Message-ID: <20070309184555.GF856@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <002301c76274$04d05900$0c00a8c0@Artem> References: <6D01FD53-497A-46FE-ADC3-4988DB2ADD74@khera.org> <ess671$9bi$1@sea.gmane.org> <002301c76274$04d05900$0c00a8c0@Artem>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2007-Mar-09 20:54:42 +0300, Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru> wrote: >>>Is there way to more or less sefely migrade to AMD64 arhitecture via >>>csup and >>>source build? ... >Damn it. Then i guess i need to do some experimenting myself. Definitely. >Theoretically, what would be the procedure? 1) Backup system. 2) Download amd64 install ISO and burn to CD 3) Boot from CD 4) Follow instructions for fresh install 5) Restore/merge configuration from backups. If you have a spare amd64 system and most of the content is static, you could reduce downtime by doing steps 4 thru 5 on the second system and either swapping the disk(s) or the entire system. -- Peter Jeremy [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8atj/opHv/APuIcRAnSKAJ42DZsM8g7egXioVViPTEpGLqR5kwCgr1j1 N6o9uM7FGUeRfGKG5nHT1ug= =w4jF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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