Re: Upgrading to 64 bit from a 32 bit installation on FBSD 7

2008-09-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
Andrew Berry wrote: On 18-Sep-08, at 2:37 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: Andrew Berry wrote: Can I simply rebuild the world (or use freebsd-update), and portupgrade everything to rebuild for amd64? Or, will things break as libraries are upgraded which still have 32-bit dependancies on the system?

Re: Upgrading to 64 bit from a 32 bit installation on FBSD 7

2008-09-18 Thread Andrew Berry
On 18-Sep-08, at 2:37 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: Andrew Berry wrote: Can I simply rebuild the world (or use freebsd-update), and portupgrade everything to rebuild for amd64? Or, will things break as libraries are upgraded which still have 32-bit dependancies on the system? This is a pretty

Re: Upgrading to 64 bit from a 32 bit installation on FBSD 7

2008-09-17 Thread Kris Kennaway
Andrew Berry wrote: Hi, I've got a server which will be upgraded to my "castoff" parts which support amd64. This machine has been running Freebsd since the 5.0 RC's, starting on a P2 233Mhz, upgraded incrementally for a few years - a real testament to the stability of a FreeBSD install! What

Upgrading to 64 bit from a 32 bit installation on FBSD 7

2008-09-17 Thread Andrew Berry
Hi, I've got a server which will be upgraded to my "castoff" parts which support amd64. This machine has been running Freebsd since the 5.0 RC's, starting on a P2 233Mhz, upgraded incrementally for a few years - a real testament to the stability of a FreeBSD install! What I've done in the