Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:16:53 -0600 From: LoH <lordofhyphens@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrade from i386-8.0 to amd64-8.0 possible? Message-ID: <4B5A23D5.9070002@gmail.com>
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I've got a system currently running FreeBSD-i386-8.0, and was wondering whether or not it's possible to move the system to FreeBSD-amd64-8.0 without bringing it down for more than a reboot or two (and avoid reinstalling all of the client software on the box itself). The box itself will be undergoing a hardware change from a dual xeon (P4, not 64bit) to a dual opteron. I think I can boot i386, set up a amd64 cross-compile, then compile a new kernel with it, or do a binary change to the new arch and then reboot. --Joseph Lenox
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