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Upgrading from RHEL5 32 to 64-bit?



I've asked RedHat about this, they've told me it can't be done.  I'm
sure they're "can't be done" is more like "it's strongly not
recommended because you'll break a lot".

-matt

On 6/28/07, Kristian Hermansen <kristian.hermansen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Matt Shields wrote:
> > "uname -a" will tell you what arch types the system can use.  no, you
> > need to reinstall
>
> Are you sure you can't just change /etc/rpm/platform and then update
> yum??  I would think this would do it...
> --
> Kristian Hermansen
>

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