Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:46:52 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com Subject: re: Upgrading a system to amd64 Message-ID: <20060815174652.QAED21564.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > David Southwell > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:29 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Upgrading a system to amd64 > > > Hi > > I have a freebsd Generic System 6.0-RELEASE #0 compiled > Thursday Nov 3 2005 originally on an Abit VA-20 motherboard > equipped with an AMD sempron cpu in its 462 socket. > > The Abit motherboard died due to a chip failure and I did not > feel like taking a risk using of the same thing happening again. > > I purchased a Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 and installed an AMD > Athlon 64 3200+ processor in the socket 939 and transferred > the hardware to it. > > Apart from not yet getting X-windows to work I am pleased to > report that system seems to be functioning well.(I have not > yet worked out how to change the X config to support the > nVIDIA GeForce 6100 chipset). > > I now want to upgrade the system to FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-AMD64 > and downloaded the appropriate iso images onto cd. > > Wopuld anyone care to offer some advice on the best way to > proceed bearing in mind it is a very long time since I last > upgraded in this way. > > Thanks > > David As I have not had a reply - i wondered if I had made my reasons for posting sufficiently. I wonder whether moving the system from one hardware configuration to another makes upgrading more difficult(or even impossible) and how do I overcome challenges that others may foresee? Thanks
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060815174652.QAED21564.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com>