On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Rob Farmer <rfar...@predatorlabs.net> wrote: >> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: >>> I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible >> >> The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows: > .... >> >> If the thought of reformatting your system is scary, because you don't >> have backups or aren't sure they are comprehensive or work, then solve >> that problem, rather than trying to invent workarounds to cover for >> bad system administration. It will serve you much better in the long >> run. > This isn't my question. I know how to currently perform the upgrade. > > My question is > a) is it possible in theory to allow binary upgrades to be done? > and b) if yes how much work would it take?
Sure, its possible. But my point was that it is not a good idea and not something worth encouraging via tools like freebsd-upgrade. What is the use case you have in mind for this where a reformat isn't an option? -- Rob Farmer > > > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ 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"
