[ATrpms-users] Going x86 to x86_64

[Julian Edwards]

Keith C wrote:
> Easy, no.  Your current non-64 bit kernel will prevent you from
> installing a 64 bit kernel through yum/smart.  The only way I know to
> upgrade is to use the install DVD/CD.  I went through the same upgrade
> as you and decided 64 bit wasn't worth the trouble.  I've been fine
> running 32 bit on my Athlon64.

Ah fair enough.  I'm looking for a performance gain though, as I do a
lot of video and audio transcoding work so I might persevere.

>> If I want to go to FC5 at the same time would that be a problem?
>
> Might as well.


I'll probably wait for FC6 and do that.  Hopefully, there won't be any
problems with it upgrading 32->64

Thanks for the quick reply.

Cheers
J