Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:16:36 +0300 From: "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru> To: "Peter Jeremy" <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from x86 (32) to amd64 Message-ID: <000c01c7627f$7636f3f0$0c00a8c0@Artem> References: <6D01FD53-497A-46FE-ADC3-4988DB2ADD74@khera.org><ess671$9bi$1@sea.gmane.org> <002301c76274$04d05900$0c00a8c0@Artem> <20070309184555.GF856@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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>>>>Is there way to more or less sefely migrade to AMD64 arhitecture via >>>>csup and >>>>source build? >... >>Damn it. Then i guess i need to do some experimenting myself. > >Definitely. > >>Theoretically, what would be the procedure? > >1) Backup system. >2) Download amd64 install ISO and burn to CD >3) Boot from CD >4) Follow instructions for fresh install >5) Restore/merge configuration from backups. > >If you have a spare amd64 system and most of the content is static, >you could reduce downtime by doing steps 4 thru 5 on the second system >and either swapping the disk(s) or the entire system. no, that's no what i ment. I mean the procedure to source build/install amd64 on x86 and make it work. Just theoretically, -- Artem
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