Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:40:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: josh.carroll@gmail.com, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64) Message-ID: <20070929183746.N33277@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709291121s73a44b95p87c9d61ed011bc53@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920709262135l1daa6a45k3a2fc492f8711d42@mail.gmail.com> <44r6khh4xh.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <bef9a7920709290903q3ab2a7e3x22de338ecd6af49e@mail.gmail.com> <8cb6106e0709290907j3babcbabt83c97712045b3d0e@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920709290911u10bcc4afq48a8bb2e483ebc09@mail.gmail.com> <499c70c0709290937r63c7118dn9474885b02fc5eb8@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920709291121s73a44b95p87c9d61ed011bc53@mail.gmail.com>
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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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