Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:10:41 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: conversion of an installed base i386 -> amd64 Message-ID: <4730BC31.5010300@chuckr.org>
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I have finally decided that I really should have installed my quad-core-2 equipped box as a amd64, instead of the i386 (32 bit should have been 64 bit). I just finished a buildworld, and I checked, the binaries (which I haven't yet done an installworld on) are actually amd64/64 bit binaries. I'm running -current, which is mostly why I;m on this list, but my question is one of installation order: in doing the conversion, I don't really like the idea of accidentally hanging the box. I would like someone to please let me know, what's next? Understand, I am still running the i386 compiler (but the buildworld builds it's own private compiler, thank you very much). I need to know, should I install the world next? Or, is there some more correct strategy to get the kernel built? Understand, I'm running a 3ware raid, and while I got that in position, to make me feel really safe, i installed the system first in a junk-pile EIDE drive I happened to have laying about, so I actually do have a emergency drive I can quite easily boot from, if some disaster happens. I've tried it, it serves me as a very safe backup right now. So, I don't need to worry TOO MUCH about a disaster, but I would like to avoid it as much as I could anyhow. Thanks.
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