I have been tied up with other work and Holidays. Now back to some server work that is long overdue. I lost an old server yesterday so it is crunch time.
I believe my new platform is suppose to be an x86_64. The order form says 64 bit.
I booted Centos 6.3 i386 liveCD to check the system out before an install.
uname -i
reports i386
dmidecode -t processor
reports Characteristics of 64 bit capable. The processor is an AMD duo-core Opteron.
I thought that in a prior thread I found that booting with an i386 live CD and using uname would confirm the processor type. It seems not.
I am going to go with the various evidence and start a x86_64 install, but what is with uname?
thanks
On 04/10/2013 09:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been tied up with other work and Holidays. Now back to some server work that is long overdue. I lost an old server yesterday so it is crunch time.
I believe my new platform is suppose to be an x86_64. The order form says 64 bit.
I booted Centos 6.3 i386 liveCD to check the system out before an install.
uname -i
reports i386
dmidecode -t processor
reports Characteristics of 64 bit capable. The processor is an AMD duo-core Opteron.
I thought that in a prior thread I found that booting with an i386 live CD and using uname would confirm the processor type. It seems not.
I am going to go with the various evidence and start a x86_64 install, but what is with uname?
thanks
uname reports the architecture that the running operating system was compiled for. Since you booted an i386-compiled OS, it will report as such.
To confirm the details of the hardware, examine /proc/cpuinfo .
On 04/10/2013 10:23 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
On 04/10/2013 09:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been tied up with other work and Holidays. Now back to some server work that is long overdue. I lost an old server yesterday so it is crunch time.
I believe my new platform is suppose to be an x86_64. The order form says 64 bit.
I booted Centos 6.3 i386 liveCD to check the system out before an install.
uname -i
reports i386
dmidecode -t processor
reports Characteristics of 64 bit capable. The processor is an AMD duo-core Opteron.
I thought that in a prior thread I found that booting with an i386 live CD and using uname would confirm the processor type. It seems not.
I am going to go with the various evidence and start a x86_64 install, but what is with uname?
thanks
uname reports the architecture that the running operating system was compiled for. Since you booted an i386-compiled OS, it will report as such.
Ah. Got it.
To confirm the details of the hardware, examine /proc/cpuinfo .
I have used cpuinfo a lot in the past, but recently I discovered dmidecode and find it very useful.
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 04/10/2013 10:23 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
On 04/10/2013 09:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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uname reports the architecture that the running operating system was compiled for. Since you booted an i386-compiled OS, it will report as such.
Ah. Got it.
To confirm the details of the hardware, examine /proc/cpuinfo .
I have used cpuinfo a lot in the past, but recently I discovered dmidecode and find it very useful.
Try installing lshw, too - the way and data it reports is slightly different than dmidecode, and in many cases more comprehensible.
you can do this,
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Then, you can find the model of cpu, google it.
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On 4/10/2013 9:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been tied up with other work and Holidays. Now back to some server work that is long overdue. I lost an old server yesterday so it is crunch time.
I believe my new platform is suppose to be an x86_64. The order form says 64 bit.
I booted Centos 6.3 i386 liveCD to check the system out before an install.
uname -i
reports i386
dmidecode -t processor
reports Characteristics of 64 bit capable. The processor is an AMD duo-core Opteron.
I thought that in a prior thread I found that booting with an i386 live CD and using uname would confirm the processor type. It seems not.
I am going to go with the various evidence and start a x86_64 install, but what is with uname?
thanks
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On 4/10/2013 9:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been tied up with other work and Holidays. Now back to some server work that is long overdue. I lost an old server yesterday so it is crunch time.
I believe my new platform is suppose to be an x86_64. The order form says 64 bit.
If you check /proc/cpuinfo, the 'flags' section, look for "lm". If that is present, it is 64bit.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-find-if-processor-is-64-bit-or-not...
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