Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:58:43 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 Message-ID: <200502271758.43910.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <42220850.2123d5f2.574c.0153@smtp.gmail.com> References: <42220850.2123d5f2.574c.0153@smtp.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 27 February 2005 17:49, Subhro wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of RW > > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:06 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 > > > > I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to an AMD 64, > > and > > replacing the graphics card, without buying a new hard disk. Has anyone > > done > > this kind of thing successfully? > > > > I've recompiled kernel+world for 686 and I've done a portupgrade -fR on > > cvsup > > and portupgrade. > > Most likely your system would stop booting up if you try to run a p3 kernel > on a amd64. And AFAIK you *cant* build for 64 bit architecture on a 32 bit > one. > As I said, I'm recompiling for 686 (which I think is pentium pro), my undestanding is that the AMD 64 is back-compatible to 686.
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