Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:05:20 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Oliver Iberien <odilist@sonic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is involved in switching from i386 to AMD64? Message-ID: <20061231190520.GA19424@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200612311040.38067.odilist@sonic.net> References: <200612311040.38067.odilist@sonic.net>
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:40:37AM -0800, Oliver Iberien wrote: > Hi, > > What actually needs to be done when switching machine architectures? I am > facing a motherboard/CPU upgrade following the demise of an Athlon+ setup. (I > am running my FreeBSD drive in a P3 while trying to figure this out.) > > Replacing it with an oldish P4 would be easiest but they are rapidly becoming > extinct. After much Googling I can't quite figure out what happens if I were > to put the FreeBSD i386 HD into a 64-bit system. Nothing? Disaster? Do I > totally have the wrong end of the stick? I'd be grateful for any advice. Since the AMD64 architecture is completely backwards-compatible with the older i386 architecture, the i386 version of FreeBSD should work just fine in the new system. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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