> I am have a fresh install of FreeBSD 8.0 i386 and need to install an amd64 > kernel. > > I have copied /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC to > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/JERRY
Support for cross-building is limited in the FreeBSD base system. /usr/src/Makefile states: "# If TARGET=machine (e.g. ia64, sparc64, ...) is specified you can # cross build world for other machine types using the buildworld target, # and once the world is built you can cross build a kernel using the # buildkernel target." but there are unwritten limitations, and this requires some care. See, for example, developers running into problems even with i386 --> amd64: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2006/09/cross-building-freebsd.html The fact that you are asking how to do this on the freebsd-questions list probably means that you should _not_ be cross-building. _Don't_ try to run an amd64 kernel with i386 world, or vice versa. With some patches and tweaking you may get a few things to work, but you're asking for trouble. It would be better to get an amd64 installation disk, back up your data, and do a re-installation from scratch, or at least a binary upgrade of the existing base system, and then build a custom kernel and world, if that's what you want to do. b. _______________________________________________ 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"
