On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, John N. Brahy wrote: > How do I change my kernel from i386 to amd64? Do I have to do a > reinstall or upgrade? I tried simply copying the bsd file from the amd64 > directory off an ftp site but I got a "unrecognized binary format" error > from the boot loader.
reinstall. despite the obvious similarity that they can run on the same hardware, you should consider them as different as sparc and powerpc. -- And that's why you believe it isn't simple.
