RE: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64

2005-02-27 Thread Subhro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:06 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to

Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64

2005-02-27 Thread RW
On Sunday 27 February 2005 17:49, Subhro wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:06 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 I'm

RE: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64

2005-02-27 Thread Subhro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:29 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 On Sunday 27 February 2005 17:49, Subhro wrote

Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64

2005-02-27 Thread RW
On Sunday 27 February 2005 18:12, Subhro wrote: As I said, I'm recompiling for 686 (which I think is pentium pro), my undestanding is that the AMD 64 is back-compatible to 686. Negative. AFAIK there are incompatible in both the ways. I found this thread:

Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64

2005-02-27 Thread Jason Henson
On 02/27/05 12:36:04, RW wrote: I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to an AMD 64, and replacing the graphics card, without buying a new hard disk. Has anyone done this kind of thing successfully? I've recompiled kernel+world for 686 and I've done a portupgrade -fR on cvsup