Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:13:00 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Ian Lord <lordi@msdi.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching from AMD64 to IA32 Message-ID: <20051118161300.GA76430@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20051118100452.04580b90@pop.msdi.ca> References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051118100452.04580b90@pop.msdi.ca>
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--KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:07:41AM -0500, Ian Lord wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I installed freebsd 6.0 AMD64 version. >=20 > I'm starting to feel it aint a so good idea=20 > because some commercial vendors doesnt provide binairies for it... > PDFLIb, zend optimizer, etc >=20 > So I was wandering, in the worst case scenario=20 > where I would need to install the ia32 version of=20 > freebsd 6.0 is there an easy way to make=20 > buildworld (while specifying I need IA32 instead=20 > of AMD64) or is it a complete install from scratch ? This has been answered in detail already, see the list archives. Bottom line is, save yourself the hassle and reinstall. =20 > Also: when you do a make buildworld, does it=20 > recompile all ports on the systhem or just the os ? Buildworld only compiles the OS. The command 'portupgrade -af' will recompile all ports. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDff2MEnfvsMMhpyURAu1uAJ95AJt/CmbPhG2PAON5e2aFPi9rKACfSw9s KvWRBxblROyA6mmpC/m2QEY= =oJ0J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy--
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