From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 16 17:18:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121B416A421 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF95713C467 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so2906872waf.3 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:18:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=k7PMX/sPI7bkTq6H6olXT43N9NmJ4I8GhB2QYfZqhIM=; b=gBmA4wwbNW/dTOg0kLllGms+KDySnqdLQba56t+IppqfSlaIwum+QnfvA2ACp9seEK04+xOKsPkuctobAAqHKvDol24LKK+javLpej3jeB54vrzfvQsPYFichLcw7HsmTtTc31HSNzlQHYSrVr1ZFTfaEJJQReOFaapQNjgD2aE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DGURR0AoFWfRF2OZFYWxsfg6gTYK+tTCzL8lw/4CIdHvVw8sMSfrSITga6WYzcokgJRpI7XMAg5ctH5H+OqDEwn7rTUh6XHSZScLRM1P0RL5qjW4a45UFDWqBxnuslXdn6IaDzDrbFTiSMFNIjkVTLUgVytcgb0g7VeUKDv6qXs= Received: by 10.114.148.1 with SMTP id v1mr2299791wad.21.1197825483239; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:18:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.58.7 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:18:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42b497160712160918p5ad9b2c6qb6fda319a45e2837@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:18:03 +0000 From: Kimi To: Astrodog In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0712160912x78f74dc1ld85938c80b0673a3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <42b497160712160841xf823f9ehdd9f5fe89f880319@mail.gmail.com> <2fd864e0712160912x78f74dc1ld85938c80b0673a3@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 62bits from to 34bits X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:18:05 -0000 On 16/12/2007, Astrodog wrote: > On Dec 17, 2007 1:41 AM, Kimi wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I am currently running 34bits FreeBSD on one of my computers and would > > like to upgrade it to 62bits. > > > > Now I cannot find any infos except needing 34bits libraries in /compat > > > > also can you run a 34bit only jail? > > You will probably want to reinstall FreeBSD for that. > was hoping to avoid that if possible, no worries > I also have to ask... on a 34 bit operating system, are there 8.5 bits > to a byte, or is it 4.25 bytes to a pointer? hmm I was blind typing > > --- Harrison > -- Kimi