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I currently have REL4 32 bit and I want to move up to RHEL IA64. I am currently planning to purchase new hardware. I want to upgrade my 32 bit system to a 64 bit system by using RPM's. Has any body done anything like this before?
I don't how you would do this unless the host has an IA64 chip already. You do know that it is the chip that makes it 64 bit rather than 32 bit I hope.
In any event I'd recomment a full backup and full install of the new version rather than an attempted upgrade. My experience with upgrades is that no matter how well you plan them:
1) There is always something you miss - the effort never seems to be worth it.
2) Upgrades leave tons of junk that you no longer need on the system in all sorts of directories - you never truly clean them out.
I am going to purchase a 64 bit processor. Your point is well taken. Can you point me in the direction about how to build installable version of RHEL4 AS from RPMS?
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