A colleague here is trying to build a 64-bit network boot image, but he is creating it on a 32-bit host. We can't figure out how to make yum grab the 64-bit packages in this case. Any idea what we can do to force yum to grab 64-bit packages while running on a 32-bit host? We tried specifying the x86_64 architecture as in the following example, but this doesn't work: [root@hlt-test yumtest]# uname -m i686 [root@hlt-test yumtest]# yum --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/yumtest install agg.x86_64 Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kernel-module Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments No package agg.x86_64 available. Nothing to do The opposite situation works fine - I tried a 64-bit host and was able to get the 32-bit packages as expected: [root@fc4 yumtest]# uname -m x86_64 [root@fc4 yumtest]# yum --disablerepo=epel --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/yumtest install agg.i386 Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kernel-module, keys Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package agg.i386 0:2.4-2.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libSDL-1.2.so.0 for package: agg --> Running transaction check ---> Package SDL.i386 0:1.2.10-8.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Beginning Kernel Module Plugin Finished Kernel Module Plugin Dependencies Resolved =========================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =========================================================================================================================================== Installing: agg i386 2.4-2.1 sl-base 139 k Installing for dependencies: SDL i386 1.2.10-8.el5 sl-base 233 k Transaction Summary =========================================================================================================================================== Install 2 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total size: 372 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: exiting because --downloadonly specified ---- Any ideas? Thanks, -Wayne