Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:31:35 -0400 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> To: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: from 6.3 to 7.0, will this work? Message-ID: <f84c38580803271231s650a493ayefd8ab85c04c9269@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <973879.77777.qm@web56802.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <f84c38580803271143y7c3ff6abj1a57d5f8b6192afc@mail.gmail.com> <973879.77777.qm@web56802.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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forgot to mention, i am running i386 version, after finding out that lots of ports still not supported well under amd64 arch... TFC On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am thinking upgrading my hardware to core2 duo > > to enjoy fbsd > > 7.0, my old 6.3 runs on amd64 3400+. If I just buy a > > new m-board+core > > 2 cpu, can my old installation boot up the system, > > and then allow me > > to recompile kernel and stuff? I thought about > > getting a new drive too > > to do a fresh install, but my bay is full and kinda > > on a budget, thank > > you!! > > If you are running AMD64, then no it would not run on > an Intel core2 duo based system. Maybe consider an > Athlon64 X2? You could also just backup your data, > then do a fresh install of FreeBSD 7 for whatever > architecture you decide to build out with, and restore > your data from the backup. > - mdh > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >
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