Migrating i386 to amd64

Ade Lovett ade at FreeBSD.org
Thu Dec 30 03:21:57 PST 2004


Michael Reifenberger wrote:
> But how to migrate to amd64?

1.  Back up your data
2.  Insert native amd64 miniinst cdrom
     [a new 6-current snap has *just* gone up, so now's a great time]
3.  boot, follow prompts.

Having done both this option, and the heavily convoluted i386->amd64 
option (mainly just for the bragging rights :) trust me when I say thaat 
steps 1-3 above are going to be considerably quicker, easier, more 
painless, etc. than anything else.

Really.

-aDe


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