All i7's are 64bit compatible. If you can try a new kernel (bsd.rd should be enough), then you can try it out and see if it boots.
If it does boot, it is highly recommended to do a clean install. While it is possible to upgrade from i386 to amd64 this is not recommended as it is easy to miss some bits and add some problems to your system. On 2012 Jul 31 (Tue) at 12:04:26 +0200 (+0200), Pau wrote: :Hi, : :thanks for the answer. : :This is a Sandybridge Mobile "Intel® Core™ i7-2640M CPU @ 2.80GHz × 4 " : :How can I find out whether this is 64 bit-capable? : :I have googled but not very successfully... I am afraid I am also :newbie in the tech jargon... : :Pau : :On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Mike Erdely <m...@erdelynet.com> wrote: :> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Pau <vim.u...@googlemail.com> wrote: :>> I thought the same and downloaded the amd64 CD and tried to install it :>> but it would not boot. In my ignorance I supposed that it would be :>> impossible for a 32 bits CPU to do that, so I threw away the CD. :> :> More than likely, that means your CPU is 32-bit. But, you could post :> a dmesg(8) if you didn't think you could figure that out and someone :> else could tell you if you have a 64-bit capable CPU. :> :> -ME :_______________________________________________ :Openbsd-newbies mailing list :Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org :http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies : -- Q: Do you know what the death rate around here is? A: One per person. _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
