On 2020-03-02 18:14, Justin Muir wrote: > Hello all, > > Running GENERIC i386 kernel on on a 64-bit amd machine. Just wondering > whether an upgrade amd64 is warranted. Any opinions?
yes. At this point, most OpenBSD development starts on amd64 systems, then moves to other platforms. Plus, the AMD64 platform offers some magic tricks that help improve security, and I do believe generally better package support. amd64 systems have been around for over 15 years. i386 is really almost a "legacy" platform now. If you gotta use it, ok...but otherwise, no. The only reason I can think of to run i386 code on an amd64 system is if your i386 system failed and you moved the disk to an amd64 capable system. > If so, just upgrade system? Re-compile kernel? Other options? DO NOT UPGRADE. No idea what you are even dreaming of by "recompiling the kernel", that makes the bad idea of an upgrade look good (it isn't). Reinstall from scratch. Good time to look at how you used disk and partition better this time. Nick.
