RHEL5 32-to-64 upgrade?

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Peter Skensved wrote:
>>
>> Is there an upgrade path from 32 to 64 bit other than a complete
>> reinstall of the OS?
>
>   I tried it with CentOS 5.5 once . It failed miserably - the installer
> gets very confused about what packages are installed. Your best bet is
> probably to do a reinstall. You don't necessarily have to do a full
> wipe of your disk but it depends a bit on your layout and policies.

Allow me to offer an action: my article, published in the late, lamented
SysAdmin mag, at <http://24.5-cent.us/upgrading_linux.doc>, will work just
fine.

         mark