32 bit to 64 bit

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Tim Kellers <timothyk at devel.njit.edu>wrote:

> I'm upgrading a 7.3 -STABLE installation to 8.x, then 9- Stable over the
> next few days.  The hardware is a Dell 2950 that is capable of running 64
> bit FreeBSD.  The original installation was i386 32 bit and that is what it
> is running now.
>
> Will the buildworld ---> buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO64 allow a 32 bit
> installation to build a 64 bit kernel?  I'd like to upgrade this machine to
> 64 bit AMD and I'd prefer not to do it from a DVD if I can do it from
> source.   Has anyone tried this and succeeded (or failed spectacularly) on
> a remote install/upgrade?
>
>
Please just don't do it.

Backup, Install new, restore configs and data!

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