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Subject: Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64)
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 at 18:21 -0000, aryeh.friedman@gmail.com confabulated:

> Would the following procedure work to do an inplace upgrade:
>
> 1. Download the amd64 iso
> 2. Install it on a spare disk/partition
> 3. Do a cvsup on it's /usr/src
> 4. Make buildworld/buildkernel
> 5. Mount the x86 disk/partition
> 6. Copy /usr/obj (and /usr/src for good measure) from the amd
> partition to the x48
> 7. Reboot with x86 partition
> 8. Make installkernel/installworld mergemaster on x86 partition
> 9. Now the non-ports section OS is amd64
> 10. pkg_del /var/db/pkg/*; rm -rf /usr/ports/ /usr/local
> 11. Reftp ports.tar.gz and rebuild all the ports (I have about 10 top
> level ports installed the rest are dependicies so this straight
> forward)
>
> So does it work?

Keep in mind, in your step 10, the OP will be removing more than just 
stuff from installed packages/ports if you 'rm -rf /usr/local'. If 
anything was built/installed manually from a source archive, for instance.

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