Install amd64 over existing i386
Chris Hill
chris at monochrome.org
Sun Mar 15 16:09:50 UTC 2015
Hi list,
I bought a new machine the other day, and accidentally installed the
i386 version of FreeBSD on it even though it has a 64-bit processor. It
works fine, but I think I'd rather have the "right" version. So, two
questions:
1. Is it even worth worrying about at this point?
2. Can I just install amd64 without destroying existing filesystems and
files? I realize I'll have to reinstall my ports, but that's OK.
Thanks.
More info below. Yes, the CMOS clock was set incorrectly when I did the
install.
$ uname -a
FreeBSD tripel.monochrome.org 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0
r274401: Tue Nov 11 22:51:51 UTC 2014
root at releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
Relevant part of dmesg:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (3158.81-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 0x6 Model = 0x17 Stepping = 10
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x408e3fd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE>
AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM>
AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
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Chris Hill chris at monochrome.org
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