On 9/18/05, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subhro wrote: > > Andrew P. sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/18/2005 1:49: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> I use FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 as the only OS on my desktop > >> PC. Having carefully thought over pros and cons, I decided > >> to downgrade to i386 for the time being. > >> > >> > > What on earth does this mean? This is simply not possible. amd64 is a > > completely different platform. i386 is a 32 bit platform and amd64 is a > > 64 bit one. You can upgrade or downgrade from one version to other > > provided the platform remains constant. But upgrading from one patform > > to other involves buying and assembling physically different hardware > > holding different copies of OS. > > > > Thanks > > S. > > > > But the AMD hardware, for example I have a dual Opteron, can run in > 64(amd64) or 32(i386) bit mode. > So could you upgrade i386 to amd64 on such a system? > Sounds interesting. >
Well, theoretically, it sure as hell is possible. I mean I have cross-compiled dozens of programs, and they worked fine. There are just too few people that have tried "cross-upgrading", so I guess I'll have to stick to the backup-clean-install path. What a pity. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"