Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:18 -0400 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing an installed system from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <4829AEA6.9080306@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1JvvKu-00051a-8q@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <E1JvvKu-00051a-8q@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pete French wrote: | I have a box currently running i386 which I want to change over to | run amd64. I have installed a second drive into the machine on which | I have put a basic install of amd64, and have compiled up the world | and kertnel from source. | | Can I simply switch the original partition over by mounting it up | and doin a 'make installworld' with an approrpiate DESTDIR set ? | I guess what I am asking is if anything else is different between | the two versions aside from the actual binaries themselves (i.e. | directory layout and the like). I did roughly the same but slightly different method: 0. Deinstall all ports but record what they are 1. FTP the enitre kernel and base system from what ever version you want 2. Install the kernel with (this assumes 7/8-current): ~ ./install.sh generic 3. Install the base system ~ ./install.sh 4. Reboot (optional) 4a. Get the most recent sources and remake the system with those (optional) 4b. Get and install any other sysinstall distfiles you wish (optional) 4c. Run make delete-old and make delete-old-libs 5. Reinstall all your ports Note: ./install.sh done from what ever dir you put the distfiles in (*DO NOT* intermix kernel and base) 4c is almost not optional -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgprqUACgkQk8GFzCrQm4CtVACeJg9f0SnPG1I1nix/948kHJit GCkAoO8U2D/WCvPJ1Mz3icCCQaQD6180 =o5mP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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