Hi,
I need to revive an rather old 32-bit box with a 13.1 FreeBSD installation.
My approach would be to remove the internal HDD off that older computer, stick it to one of my newer 64-bit ones as external HDD. Then I'd use
What I do not know for certain is whether or not
Please can someone push me to the right tool for the job? Thank you.
I need to revive an rather old 32-bit box with a 13.1 FreeBSD installation.
My approach would be to remove the internal HDD off that older computer, stick it to one of my newer 64-bit ones as external HDD. Then I'd use
bsdinstall
to install a fresh 13.1 onto that drive. That seem to be the easiest way since the 32-bit box happens to lack a display port. Also it is proven to be unable to boot usb thumb drives or usb-connected HDD. It only seems to be willing to boot via SATA.What I do not know for certain is whether or not
bsdinstall
is, in this particular case, the right tool. Man page doesn't indicate to select an arch target such as i386. I suspect letting the tool do its thing would let it be installing amd64 stuff according to what the host is running.Please can someone push me to the right tool for the job? Thank you.