----- Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> [2013-02-25 13:20:32 +0100] ----- :
> James Griffin <jmz.grif...@kode5.net> writes: > > > I have the latest snapshot amd64 arc. I would like to change to the i386 > > platform. > > That will be a complete reinstall. > > > I think if I delete/remove all packages then boot into the i386 bsd.rd > > and install all the i386 binaries, etc. and then reinstall all my > > packages this will be ok and will mean I don't have to reinstall from > > scratch using a cd iso image? > > > > Is this ok to do? Will it cause problems? > > Preserving pkg_info output will likely serve as a useful to do list for > reinstalling the packages. I tend to do that myself when for one reason > or the other I want to do a complete reinstall with a mind to rebuild > the system much like before. > > But for the booting from i386 bsd.rd question, it's a little unclear to > me what you are asking about. You will need to have the i386 install > sets available somewhere, but that somewhere could be any number of > places, even the OpenBSD mirror you fetched the bsd.rd from. If you're > thinking about reusing filesystem layout, that should be fairly easy > but any leftover amd64-specific files will not be useful on i386, so a > total wipe (newfs) on all partitions is the cleaner way. > > Any user generated data can be restored from a verified backup, right? Right. Backups already done. And so a clean reinstall it is then. I thought that might/should be the best approach. Thanks Peter. Jamie -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
