Re: Migrating server from i386 to amd64 - Possibly NetBSD_6x --> 7x?

On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:28:36AM -0000, [email protected] wrote:
>> I guess first question, will the 64 bit xeon just boot off the
>> i386 raid disks? I'm suspecting it might? If so, then need advice on
>> upgrading to amd64 from there...possibly just move to
>> amd64 NetBSD 6_latest via binaries and try to get stable system,
>> then upgrade to 7 when I'm ready?
>
> Yes, you should be able to just boot a i386 installation with a 64bit
> CPU, they still support 32bit operation after all. Upgrading is a bit
> more tricky since i386 and amd64 have different device numbers, i.e. you
> will have to move MAKEDEV* out of /dev and rebuild all device nodes.

Here's a hacked version of the script that I use:
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/sborrill/osupgrade

I create a bootable USB stick using the usual methods and then put this 
script on too. The idea is that instead of trying to live upgrade, I run 
from a known good environment.

-- 
Stephen