forgot to mention, i am running i386 version, after finding out that lots of ports still not supported well under amd64 arch...
TFC On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, mdh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Tsu-Fan Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am thinking upgrading my hardware to core2 duo > > to enjoy fbsd > > 7.0, my old 6.3 runs on amd64 3400+. If I just buy a > > new m-board+core > > 2 cpu, can my old installation boot up the system, > > and then allow me > > to recompile kernel and stuff? I thought about > > getting a new drive too > > to do a fresh install, but my bay is full and kinda > > on a budget, thank > > you!! > > If you are running AMD64, then no it would not run on > an Intel core2 duo based system. Maybe consider an > Athlon64 X2? You could also just backup your data, > then do a fresh install of FreeBSD 7 for whatever > architecture you decide to build out with, and restore > your data from the backup. > - mdh > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
