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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