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eponymous Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 141
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:31 am Post subject: Move Gentoo install from AMD Athlon 64 to Core i7 based sys? |
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Hi,
I was just wondering what is involved in moving my Gentoo (amd64) install from and old motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 to a new motherboard and processor (i.e. a Core i7)?
I've spent years customizing the install and would hate to have to start again from scratch, but since both processors are 64-bit would that mean it's easier?
My guess was I'd need to update my kernel processor type and features and then maybe edit the make.conf file.
My CFLAGS is already -march=native so I would also update the use flags and then run:
Code: | emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse world |
Dare I ask is it as easy as that?
How about moving the install to a different motherboard (different hard disk controller / chipset) but same CPU?
Last edited by eponymous on Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:58 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Cynede Retired Dev
Joined: 30 Nov 2012 Posts: 56
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:02 am Post subject: |
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I am not sure if I am right with that but I think that you will need to rebuild everything. Because native for athlon could be different to i7. It must not be that slow with i7.
-avuDN - will just update your system as regular, not rebuild it.
but in another hand I think that i7 can process your compiled binaries without any troubles, but I can't be sure abot that, safer for me will be rebuild stuff |
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