i386 & amd64

2004-12-09 Thread Albert Shih
Hi all My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the boot hang when he detect the drive. The install work with FreeBSD 53-i386. I think i can, with many effort, find a another DD with IDE interface, but my que

Re: i386 & amd64

2004-12-09 Thread Jorn Argelo
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:05:37 +0100, Albert Shih wrote > Hi all > > My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. > > I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the > boot hang when he detect the drive. > > The install work with FreeBSD 53-i386. > > I think

Re: i386 & amd64

2004-12-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:05:37 +0100, Albert Shih wrote > > Hi all > > > > My news computer just arrive ;-) The cpu is a AMD 64 FX 55. > > > > I've try to install FreeBSD 53-amd64 but the hard drive is SATA and the > > boot hang when he

Re: i386 & amd64

2004-12-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:20:05PM +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Jorn Argelo wrote: > > >Well, some things that are keeping me from the AMD64 version of FreeBSD is > >the lack of support for several programs. Including cvsup, and I don't > >know any other way to sync the ports-tree or the kern

Re: i386 & amd64

2004-12-10 Thread Matthias Buelow
Jorn Argelo wrote: Well, some things that are keeping me from the AMD64 version of FreeBSD is the lack of support for several programs. Including cvsup, and I don't know any other way to sync the ports-tree or the kernel sources. But that was with 5.2. 1. I am not sure if FreeBSD still lacks cvsu

i386/amd64 co-exist

2005-09-10 Thread Sean
I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can choose weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two releases on their own? No matter what I do above I would also like to be able to have a user log in no matter which

Re: i386/amd64 co-exist

2005-09-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:19:15 -0400 Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can > choose weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. > Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two releases on > their own? afaik it would hav

RE: i386/amd64 co-exist

2005-09-10 Thread Haulmark, Chris
Someone broke the silence: > I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can > choose weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. > Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two > releases on > their own? > > No matter what I do above I would also like to be abl

Re: i386/amd64 co-exist

2005-09-10 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can choose > weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. > Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two releases on > their own? I'm fairly sure it could be done, but you'd have to

Re: i386/amd64 co-exist

2005-09-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-09-10 17:29, "Haulmark, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Someone broke the silence: >> I would like to be able to setup a system so that on power up I can >> choose weather to boot into either i386 or amd64. >> Is this possible or would I some how have to install the two >> releases on th

Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

2009-03-13 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Mainly because the machine has 8GB of memory and I don't like the PAE limitations. I've done this a couple of times before with 4.x -> 6.x but all remained i386. Are there any pitfalls when doing an upgrade

Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Just had a new 64bit server installed at the colo, but they accidentally installed a i386 ISO, instead of an AMD64 one ... is it possible to build / install an amd64 world, or do I have to re-install from a proper ISO first ? Thanks ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Ser

Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

2009-03-13 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:05:12AM +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 > 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Mainly because the machine has 8GB of memory > and I don't like the PAE limitations. > > I've done this a couple of times before with 4

Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

2009-03-13 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
Btw, yes I know that it might (or will) brake currently existing apps, I have to save the /etc/fstab /etc/master.passwd files etc. I'm just wondering if I end up with a system that can boot the old filesystem and sshd will run so I can recompile all the ports on the machine in the new architecture

Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

2009-03-13 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:05:12AM +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: >> I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 >> 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Mainly because the machine has 8GB of memory >> and I don't like the PAE limitations. >> >> I've done this a co

Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

2009-03-29 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:12 +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 > 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Just to follow up on my quest here.. The upgrade went fine. Most ports were broken as expected. I gave up trying to recompile everything

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Leo Mrafko
Yes, in fact it's pretty simple, quoting /usr/src/Makefile: # If TARGET_ARCH=arch (e.g. ia64, sparc64, ...) is specified you can # cross build world for other architectures using the buildworld target, # and once the world is built you can cross build a kernel using the # buildkernel target. Just

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
'k, I knew about cross-compiling, just wasn't sure if it was that simple to upgrade the system being cross-compiled onto ... thanks ... On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Leo Mrafko wrote: Yes, in fact it's pretty simple, quoting /usr/src/Makefile: # If TARGET_ARCH=arch (e.g. ia64, sparc64, ...) is speci

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread RW
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 02:18, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > 'k, I knew about cross-compiling, just wasn't sure if it was that simple > to upgrade the system being cross-compiled onto ... thanks ... I don't think it is that simple. I'd search the amd64 list if I were you.

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, RW wrote: On Tuesday 12 September 2006 02:18, Marc G. Fournier wrote: 'k, I knew about cross-compiling, just wasn't sure if it was that simple to upgrade the system being cross-compiled onto ... thanks ... I don't think it is that simple. I'd search the amd64 list if I we

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Leo Mrafko
Yes, I've done it a few months ago.. Just read through the files.. As far as I remember you need to build amd64 world, then kernel, installworld, installkernel, reboot, voila, it works.. I had some small problems which I don't remember now, you will able to solve them for sure. Maybe don't forget t

Re: Upgrade server from i386 -> amd64 kernel ...

2006-09-11 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Leo Mrafko wrote: Yes, I've done it a few months ago.. Just read through the files.. As far as I remember you need to build amd64 world, then kernel, installworld, installkernel, reboot, voila, it works.. I had some small problems which I don't remember now, you will able to

TeXlive2009 binaries for FreeBSD 6,7,8 (i386/AMD64)

2009-11-26 Thread acheron
Hi, I just got the news of someone who build binaries of TeXlive 2009. http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2009-November/023783.html >Dear TeXLive team, >I created 6 sets of FreeBSD binaries of TeXLive2009, for FreeBSD 6, 7 >and 8, each for i386 and amd64: > http://anthesphoria.net/FreeBSD/TeXL

Questions about GPT partitioned disks (on i386/amd64)

2007-01-15 Thread Eye of the Beholder
Hello. I have an Intel Pentium4 Cpu with EMT64 and have installed 7.0-CURRENT-200701-amd64-disc1.iso on my 120GB sata disk. I have a second sata disk that i use for transfers. I tried experimenting with GPT on this second disk and i want to ask some questions. Originally, i had setup the disk us

Re: TeXlive2009 binaries for FreeBSD 6,7,8 (i386/AMD64)

2009-11-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
acheron wrote: > Hi, > > I just got the news of someone who build binaries of TeXlive 2009. > > http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2009-November/023783.html > > This is great news, thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to get TexLive 2009 running on FreeBSD. _

Re: TeXlive2009 binaries for FreeBSD 6,7,8 (i386/AMD64)

2009-11-26 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:30:48 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > acheron wrote: >> I just got the news of someone who build binaries of TeXlive 2009. >> >> http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2009-November/023783.html > > This is great news, thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to get > TexLive 200

Re: TeXlive2009 binaries for FreeBSD 6,7,8 (i386/AMD64)

2009-11-26 Thread Jamie Griffin
> > Hi, > > > > I just got the news of someone who build binaries of TeXlive 2009. > > > > http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2009-November/023783.html > This is great news, thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to get > TexLive 2009 running on FreeBSD. Absolutely, have either of you tried it

Re: TeXlive2009 binaries for FreeBSD 6,7,8 (i386/AMD64)

2009-11-26 Thread Jamie Griffin
> You can build your own binaries by tweaking an svn checkout of the > TeXlive sources. I've done this on my laptop, because I run CURRENT > and the old TeXlive 2008 binaries failed to run: > I think I kept notes while building the binaries. If I manage to find > them soon-ish I will post a f

Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread Leandro F Silva
Hey guys, Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Good luck the community has tried for years to get it and adobe seems to not care Leandro F Silva wrote: Hey guys, Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread J Sisson
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Good luck the community has tried for years to get it and adobe seems to > not care > > > Leandro F Silva wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. &g

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 08:15:07PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: > > And if enough people petition Microsoft, we can get them to release Windows > 7 source under the GPL. > > Reality called...your request to ignore it was denied. Actually, we *could*. The problem is the definition of "enough". I'm su

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 08:15:07PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: >> >> And if enough people petition Microsoft, we can get them to release Windows >> 7 source under the GPL. >> >> Reality called...your request to ignore it was denied. > > Actually, we

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-02 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Leandro F Silva wrote: Hey guys, Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 08:15:07PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: And if enough people petition Microsoft, we can get them to release Windows 7 source under the GPL. Reality called...your request to ignore it was denied.

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Robert Huff
Rolf G Nielsen writes: > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. > > Where do I vote to have them continue forever not creating a > FreeBSD version of that crap? Is your objection to Flash in particular, or to any product in

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread James Phillips
> -- > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 06:28:29 +0100 > From: "Lucian @ lastdot.org" > Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: >     <5a3c8f45091008k

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 08:50:16AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Google apparently favours HTML-5 as their future direction, rather than > Flash. And where YouTube goes, the rest of the world will surely follow, > at least as far as Video streaming is concerned. Oh, thank goodness. Flash vid

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 07:56:53AM +0200, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: > > Where do I vote to have them continue forever not creating a FreeBSD > version of that crap? If you s/Free/Open/ I think the question answers itself. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 09:04:00AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > Rolf G Nielsen writes: > > > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. > > > > Where do I vote to have them continue forever not creating a > > FreeBSD version of that

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 08:01:07AM -0700, James Phillips wrote: > > I have this fantasy that if I design and build a better streaming video > format, "They" (broadcasters) will use it, if properly marketed. It may be a fantasy, but as fantasies go, it's not a bad one. > > This would be despite

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread Rodolfo Pellegrino
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Leandro F Silva wrote: > Hey guys, > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. > > We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D > > http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 > > I voted

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread herbert langhans
gather some more signatures from recent subscribers. Cheers herb langhans On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 09:25:53PM -0300, Leandro F Silva wrote: > Hey guys, > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. > > We just have to create an account and voting

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread James Phillips
> > Message: 29 > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:45:18 -0600 > From: Chad Perrin > Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20091004054518.gd37...@guilt.hydra> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread jhell
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Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread yblent8
-- Leandro F Silva wrote : Hey guys, Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 ___ freebsd-questi...@free... mailing

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread Oliver Fromme
Leandro F Silva wrote: > Hey guys, > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. The latest Linuxulator works quite well on -current with the Linux flash binary + pluginwrapper port, doesn't it? Works for me, at least. > We just have to create an

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread James Phillips
--- On Sun, 10/4/09, jhell wrote: > From: jhell > Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player > To: "James Phillips" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Received: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 1:07 PM > > > > On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:33 -0700

Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 10:01:14PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Leandro F Silva wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. > > The latest Linuxulator works quite well on -current with > the Linux flash bina

How to perform a system-only re-install i386->amd64

2005-11-30 Thread Ashley Moran
I'm sure someone has done this before but I wanted to run my plan past everyone to see if I've thought of everything. Yesterday one of our development servers (running FreeBSD 6-release) croaked. It was an old old old machine and we ended up replacing the board and CPU with an MSI Neo2 Platinu