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--- devdoc:devdoc_switch_genx86_64_and_vm [2017/06/11 12:48] – created abelbeck
+++ devdoc:devdoc_switch_genx86_64_and_vm [2017/06/11 13:24] (current) – [Switching Images between genx86_64 and genx86_64-vm] abelbeck
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 ====== Switching Images between genx86_64 and genx86_64-vm ======
-Beginning with AstLinux 1.3.0, two new board types were added: genx86_64 and genx86_64-serial.  These boards are x86_64 builds using a 64-bit toolchain, initrd and Linux kernel.
+Beginning with AstLinux 1.3.0, you can do an upgrade-switch to/from genx86_64 and genx86_64-vm.  This may be particularly useful with VMware installations that were originally deployed with the bare-metal genx86_64 (Video console) image, and with new features of AstLinux 1.3 you may want to switch to the VM-centric genx86_64-vm (Video console) image.
-!!Info ->!! [[devdoc:boardtypes|List of board types]]
+For a practical matter, this only applies to VMware installations, either KVM / Xen / Hyper-V require the genx86_64-vm image and should never be switched to genx86_64.
+!!Info ->!! [[devdoc:boardtypes|List of board types]]
 ===== Upgrade switch to genx86_64 (64-bit) or genx86_64-vm (64-bit w/VM kernel) =====
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-Example 2 - Currently using genx86_64-vm image, switch to genx86_64:
+Example 2 - Currently using genx86_64-vm image, switch to genx86_64: //(be certain you want to do this)//
   upgrade-run-image check http://bla-bla.tld/beta-firmware-1.x 64