Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-28 Thread MERIGHI Marcus
ch...@nmedia.net (Chris Cappuccio), 2013.02.27 (Wed) 20:57 (CET): Jes [jjje...@gmail.com] wrote: In my experience it's perfectly possible to move from one architecture to another one. I do the following: - backup /etc (only for security) - remove all installed packages (I save a

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-27 Thread Jes
In my experience it's perfectly possible to move from one architecture to another one. I do the following: - backup /etc (only for security) - remove all installed packages (I save a list of installed packages to figure out what to install again after) - sysmerge for etc and xetc - update

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Jes [jjje...@gmail.com] wrote: In my experience it's perfectly possible to move from one architecture to another one. I do the following: - backup /etc (only for security) - remove all installed packages (I save a list of installed packages to figure out what to install again after) -

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-26 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2013-02-25, James Griffin jmz.grif...@kode5.net wrote: Hi I have the latest snapshot amd64 arc. I would like to change to the i386 platform. 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-26 Thread Philip Guenther
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2013-02-25, James Griffin jmz.grif...@kode5.net javascript:; wrote: I have the latest snapshot amd64 arc. I would like to change to the i386 platform. I think if I delete/remove all packages then boot into the i386 bsd.rd and

Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread James Griffin
Hi I have the latest snapshot amd64 arc. I would like to change to the i386 platform. 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread James Griffin
- 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread MichaƂ Markowski
2013/2/25 James Griffin jmz.grif...@kode5.net: 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread Marc Espie
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:20:32PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread Ted Unangst
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 16:29, Marc Espie wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:20:32PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: 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

Re: Changing Architecture from amd64 to i386

2013-02-25 Thread patrick keshishian
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Ted Unangst t...@tedunangst.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 16:29, Marc Espie wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:20:32PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: James Griffin jmz.grif...@kode5.net writes: I have the latest snapshot amd64 arc. I would like to