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[63.231.167.45]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b13sm5287051ioj.38.2016.08.25.04.20.07 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:20:08 -0700 (PDT) References: <57BE6D46.4080408@rcn.com> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Warren Block Cc: Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting 10.3-i386 to 10.3-amd64 In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:20:08 -0500 Message-ID: <86inup9jtj.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:25:43 -0000 Warren Block writes: > If you have not done much customization yet, the easiest > and most reliable way to go to amd64 is to just back up data, download > and install the amd64 version, and restore. This is always my recommendation, and I recommend it more strongly if you've only just installed the system and discovered you accidentally installed the wrong version. Installing FreeBSD takes ten minutes. Learning enough about FreeBSD to reliably convert a system in-place without making any mistakes is obviously going to take much longer; I'd be willing to bet that even for an expert, converting a single system in-place would still take longer than reinstalling. It's when you have several systems you'd need to reconfigure that in-place conversion is beneficial. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------