Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:02:56 +0200 From: nocturnal <swehack@gmail.com> To: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 to 7.2 amd64? Message-ID: <9aed80930910070602o76ac20f4u900098f1d0c32080@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com> <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net>
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Thanks for the pointers Henrik. I have decided that you are right, it's too much of a headache. I would rather just re-install and restore backups. 2009/10/7 Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> > 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 stu= ff > > 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 > > --=20 Med v=E4nliga h=E4lsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [SWEHACK] http://swehack.se
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