> As I understand it, this CPU is a K9, does the following line
> from GENERIC still apply?
> cpu HAMMER # aka K8, aka Opteron & Athlon64
...this does sound like you are building a kernel by copying
GENERIC and making changes. Instead of that I would suggest a small
file
> Seems "athlon-mp" is the best choice. After building some ports,
> I noticed some of them returned the string: MCPUTYPE=athlon-mp
> So unless anyone would care to suggest a better choice, I'm going
> to use CPUTYPE?=athlon-mp :)
A better option would be to switch to 64 bit and then stop
worrying
> 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 a
> That seems to be overcomplicating things a bit, but yes.. the general
> strategy would be something along those lines.
Am curious that you think it's overcomplicating matters - can you think
of a way of doing it with only one drive ? That the simplest procedure
I amnaged to come up with when mig
> Today I am running my web and mysql server in FreeBSD i386 and I have
> the chance of moving to AMD64 architecture.
>
> This new server has 4 GB of RAM and 64 bit intel xeon cpus.
>
> Should I move to AMD64 or stick to i386 ?
Yes, move to amd64 - if you are running a webserver and mysql then
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