[CentOS] 32->64 bit

[Johnny Hughes]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 23:39 -0400, Mark Belanger wrote:
> Jim Perrin wrote:
> >> In other words - convert an i386 to ia64.  I don't care
> >> about the applications, just the kernel.
> > 
> > Actually, it'd be converting i386 to x86_64. 
> 
> Quite right.  I mean to upgrade to x86_64 - not ia64
> 
> -Mark
> _______________________________________________

The problem is ... you would need all the other things that the kernel
requires also to be installed in the x86_64 mode (pretty much most of
the core and base groups from the install CD).

It would be much safer to do a new install ... though technically
possible to create a chroot ... use yum to install x86_64 target stuff
into the chroot and figure out what you need, then install that into the
main root.  I have never done this, but it should be possible.
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