On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 02:22:31PM +0100, Pete French wrote: > ... > > 3. can I use source buildkernel + buildworld to migrate i386 8.4 to amd64 > > 10.1 > > here you want to move from a 32 bit install to a 64 bit install. I have > done this using the buildkernel + buoldworld process, but I had to > use a second instagllation.... > > That actually worked fine, it was on FreeBSD 8 I belive, I havent tried it > recently, but it did shift the machine from 32 bit to 64 bit smoothly. > Obviously you should not have any poirts installed whilst ding this, as they > will need to be reinstalled for the new architecture. > ....
I wrote up what I did recently to migrate from stable/10 i386 to stable/10 amd64 on a couple of machines here at home (including the machine running the mutt process I'm using to read & write email). The write-up may be found at <http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/convert_i386_amd64.html>. Note that: * The machines did have ports installed at the time (but I did subsequently deinstall all ports and installed corresponding packages that I had built with poudriere). * These machines -- as is the case with most FreeBSD machines that I set up -- have more than one bootable slice. I find the increased flexibility this provides quite useful. * I have continued to upgrade the machines (both FreeBSD base and poudriere-built packages) weekly since then (as has been my practice for some time). Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill [email protected] Those who would murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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