On Sunday 27 February 2005 17:49, Subhro wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RW > > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:06 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 > > > > I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to an AMD 64, > > and > > replacing the graphics card, without buying a new hard disk. Has anyone > > done > > this kind of thing successfully? > > > > I've recompiled kernel+world for 686 and I've done a portupgrade -fR on > > cvsup > > and portupgrade. > > Most likely your system would stop booting up if you try to run a p3 kernel > on a amd64. And AFAIK you *cant* build for 64 bit architecture on a 32 bit > one. >
As I said, I'm recompiling for 686 (which I think is pentium pro), my undestanding is that the AMD 64 is back-compatible to 686. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
