Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:17:19 -0800 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: nocturnal <swehack@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 to 7.2 amd64? Message-ID: <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com> References: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, nocturnal wrote: > Can it be done with a simple cvs or binary update of FreeBSD or must i > re-install using some media? > > If i kept my /usr partition intact and just overwrote the important stuff > with new files from the CD it wouldn't be so bad with a re-install but it > would be nice if large parts of it could be done remote. > > What is your suggestion for this? You will have to recompile all ports (/usr/local ) and any manually installed apps due to the changes in the system libs. Personally, it's not worth the headache of trying to do a "upgrade" across architectures like this. Most of the items in /usr (outside of /usr/local) are part of the base system and should update "okay", but I don't know if you will be able to boot a x64 kernel into a x86 system, assuming you try a reboot between make installkernel and make installworld . I don't think a binary upgrade would work at all, but I've never actually done a binary upgrade. I always csup. On that note, I've never tried this, but I would recommend against it. Henrik -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net ----------------------------------------- "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF
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