On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 03:14:06PM -0800, Justin Muir wrote: > If so, just upgrade system? Re-compile kernel? Other options?
hi, i had the unenviable experience to downgrade an amd64 to i386 system with 6.6-current. this method is unsupported. i wanted to have a 32-bit cross compile system for macppc. 1 backup important files on the amd64 system 2 saved a list of installed port packages on my amd64 system. $ pkg_info -mz > save 3 then deleted all port packages $ doas pkg_delete -X 4 manually downloaded i386 tarballs and install the i386 bsd.rd file as bsd.upgrade. reboot. perform "upgrade". reboot to i386 system. 5 reinstalled the port packages $ doas pkg_add -l save 6 specifically installed sysclean and ran it. this *could* delete all remnants of the amd64 system. $ doas pkg_add sysclean $ doas sysclean $ doas vi /etc/sysclean.ignore (read the sysclean(8) *carefully*) i've done the "upgrade" a few months back ... and have done several -snapshot sysupgrade's to the i386 system. the viper lurking behind the shadows has not struck me yet. lastly, did i already mention that this method is unsupported? - rgc
