From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 06:07:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B1E106566C for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:07:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7BB8FC08 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 61533 invoked by uid 0); 11 Feb 2012 06:07:12 -0000 Received: from smtp.bway.net (216.220.96.25) by xena.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Feb 2012 06:07:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 61525 invoked by uid 90); 11 Feb 2012 06:07:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.3.2.41?) (spork@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Feb 2012 06:07:11 -0000 References: <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Sprickman Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:07:11 -0500 To: Doug Barton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: Randy Bush , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: 9-stable from i386 to amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:07:13 -0000 On Feb 11, 2012, at 12:48 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 02/10/2012 20:56, Randy Bush wrote: >> is there a recipe for moving from i386 to amd64? > > Other than backup and reinstall, no. As you already discovered the old > world won't run on the new kernel. Installing the new world before > reboot isn't safe either, as at some point in the process it'll blow up. I recall doing it and then going on to do other bad things (like putting a 4.9/i386 jail on the 7.2 amd64 host). I'm pretty sure I had some back and forth about it on this list, but I'm having no luck finding it. I was local to the box though, so errors were a bit easier to work around. A few vague snippets I remember: -grabbing lib32 from somewhere and installing it -ensuring COMPAT_FREEBSD32 was in the kernel -possibly something complicated with /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 and its 32-bit friend I wish I could remember more. It was one of those "you cannot/should not do this" challenges that often suck down many hours. Maybe I misremembered the whole thing and gave in and reinstalled even. I do recall finding a few encouraging hacks in the archives though. Thanks, Charles > > Sorry, > > Doug > > -- > > It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Charles Sprickman NetEng/SysAdmin Bway.net - New York's Best Internet www.bway.net spork@bway.net - 212.655.9344