Frank Wissmann writes: > > i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 > > system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 > > (phenom II x4). > > > b) migrate all current data to the new hardware, kernel/system > > included, and then try to upgrade to 8.0 (by sysinstall or > > makeworld/makekernel) > > Item b) is not recommended.
Confirmed. _Highly_ not recommended. .0 releases usually contain ABI/API changes (among other things) and you don't want anything getting confused. > For me, a clean install of 8.0 and a move from the old data to > the fresh install is better. To the OP: the machine I'm typing on is also AMD Phenom II x4 (940, if it matters) originally installed with 8.0-RC3/amd64. Once I got past the "dangerously dedicated disk" issue (and close relatives) everything went smoothly. Of the choices presented, I recommend (a1) with the old disk set to read-only in hardware. New disks are cheap, and this gives you a perfect backup for as long as you want it. Robert Huff _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"