Upgrade and change distro?

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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:13:11 -0500
Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> --On July 2, 2008 5:51:06 PM -0400 Sean Cavanaugh 
> <millenia2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> > AMD64 is for 64-bit chips from AMD and Intel. whether it is
> > multi-core is beside. run i386 still if you want/need 32-bit
> > operating system. there are some features and programs that will
> > NOT work with AMD64.
> >
> 
> Thanks, Sean.  Maybe I'll understand FreeBSD some day.  :-)
> 
> Will I need to rebuild all my ports after compiling the kernel and
> world?

If you are talking about going from 6.x to 7.x then you should, but you
can probably get away without doing it.

If you are talking about going from i386 6.x to amd64 7.x, and you have
to ask, you should be doing a clean FreeBSD install.