From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 06:10:36 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 75D12106566C for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mx1.sbone.de (mx1.sbone.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:130:3ffc::401:25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 059318FC08 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.sbone.de (mail.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B5B625D3857; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A69DBBDB1B5; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sbone.de Received: from mail.sbone.de ([IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) by content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sx7CWrhbBZLD; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from orange-en1.sbone.de (orange-en1.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31:cabc:c8ff:fecf:e8e3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6F2DDBDB1B4; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" In-Reply-To: <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:10:31 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <4F360123.2050708@FreeBSD.org> To: Randy Bush X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: 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 06:10:36 -0000 On 11. Feb 2012, at 05:48 , 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. heh? An i386 world should run (almost) fine on an amd64 kernel. I know people who have done that update (but I know of no one done it headless). One trick is to install to a swap partition boot that and then update the normal installation but you need to know what you are doing in that case as well. If you are very careful, that can be done headless - did a re-paritioning in a similar way lately. But in general it's all a gamble if not a streamlined process and no console. /bz PS: do you happen to know why the amd64 kernel did hang on boot? -- Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! It does not matter how good you are. It matters what good you do!