Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386
On 9/18/05, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subhro wrote: Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware holding different copies of OS. Thanks S. But the AMD hardware, for example I have a dual Opteron, can run in 64(amd64) or 32(i386) bit mode. So could you upgrade i386 to amd64 on such a system? Sounds interesting. Well, theoretically, it sure as hell is possible. I mean I have cross-compiled dozens of programs, and they worked fine. There are just too few people that have tried cross-upgrading, so I guess I'll have to stick to the backup-clean-install path. What a pity. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Downgrading from amd64 to i386
Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. My plan is to 1. cvsup 2. Deinstall all ports 3. Somehow build/install new world and kernel 4. Reinstall all ports I know that the i386--amd64 path is still not that smooth and going backwards is not gonna make it smoother, but can you please give some helpful tips? Thanks, Andrew P. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386
Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware holding different copies of OS. Thanks S. -- -+- | Subhro Sankha Kar \ / | GSM: +919831064613 Egold: 2078232 \./|MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Yahoo: subhro82 (0Y0) |ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 --ooO--(_)--Ooo--+- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386
Andrew P. wrote: Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. My plan is to 1. cvsup 2. Deinstall all ports 3. Somehow build/install new world and kernel 4. Reinstall all ports I know that the i386--amd64 path is still not that smooth and going backwards is not gonna make it smoother, but can you please give some helpful tips? Sure - add 0. backup all partitions/data to your list. ;-) KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386 (and upgrading)
Andrew P. wrote: Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. My plan is to 1. cvsup 2. Deinstall all ports 3. Somehow build/install new world and kernel 4. Reinstall all ports I know that the i386--amd64 path is still not that smooth and going backwards is not gonna make it smoother, but can you please give some helpful tips? Thanks, Andrew P. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew, I am doing the same thing, basically, a couple of things not yet working on amd64 is getting annoying. You could do what I am doing. I backed up my data for transfer. But instead of wiping out the amd64 disk I bought another disk and installed the i386 version on the second disk. This way I can easily have access to amd64 FreeBSD when I choose. Sean p.s. I have wondered if I could upgrade upgrade an i386 install on my opteron to amd64. Has anyone tried that, is it possible? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrading from amd64 to i386
Subhro wrote: Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: Hello! I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided to downgrade to i386 for the time being. What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware holding different copies of OS. Thanks S. But the AMD hardware, for example I have a dual Opteron, can run in 64(amd64) or 32(i386) bit mode. So could you upgrade i386 to amd64 on such a system? Sounds interesting. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
