At Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:30:31 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:20:41 -0700, Mark wrote > > > > > It might help if you gave us some real information, like what > > hardware you're running, which actual version of CentOS and the > > kernel you are > > (and were) running, etc. Otherwise we're stabbing for a needle in a > > haystack. > > > > I don't ever remember running a 'yum update' when I was using the > > 32-bit version and having it update me to a 64-bit kernel. I had to > > make that choice on my own first. > > Hardware: Supermicro with Intel 64-bit CPU > > The OS was CentOS 5.3 32-bit. I upgraded with the CentOS 5.5 x86_64 DVD, as > stated earlier. I did not do the upgrade using yum, the upgrade broke yum. You should not have done this. I guessing that the CentOS 5.5 installer is not bulleted proofed for this case (eg it assumed that you know what you were doing). In any case, this is not a supported way to go (documented or not). The 'updater' on the CentOS 5.5 x86_64 DVD is meant to go from CentOS < 5.5 x86_64 to CentOS 5.5 x86_64, NOT CentOS < 5.5 32-bit to CentOS 5.5 x86_64. You should have made a backup and then did a fresh install. The only good way to properly fix things is to backup your stuff (eg /home/ and stuff like /var/www/ (if you are running a web server)). Maybe backup selected files under /etc/ (eg passwd, shadow, group, etc.) and then do a fresh install (*reformat* /, /boot, /usr, etc.). > > Cheers, > --Bill > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/