On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Pete French <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm /really/ just trying to convert all my i386 boxen to amd64. > > ....this is the source of your problem. What you were trying to > do in builing amd64 is correct, but only if you are already > on an amd64 platform. Those instrcutions are for building the > native architecture. > > If you want to convert an existing system 'in-lace' from i386 > to amd64, then you need to get an install of amd64 on some portable > drive that you can boot from, boot the machine on that, mount the > original drive under '/mnt' or somewhere, and then do an 'installkernel' > and 'installworld' specifying the mountpoint as the destination.
That seems to be overcomplicating things a bit, but yes.. the general strategy would be something along those lines. > It does work - but I would do it with a GENERIC kernel first before trying > a custom kernel. Oh, and also you should delete all your ports beforehand > and then rebuild them afterwards so they get rebuilt for amd64. Yeah, that needs to be done. > I would not recommend the above though. You are better off doing > an amd64 install froms cratch. Much less error prone. Wholeheartedly agree. -Garrett _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
