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another way to test is to run a livecd in amd64 mode on new intel chips |
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if it doesn't work, try the ia64 version |
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if it doesn't work ... your intel is a 32 bits version :) |
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Le Wednesday 05 March 2008 16:47:10 kashani, vous avez écrit : |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > Sometime in the last month someone posted (in a thread that went wildly |
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> > OT) a definite way to determine if an Intel cpu is 32 or 64 bit. |
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> > Unfortunately I can't find the post anymore. |
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> > It involved checking the cpu-family, model and flags fields in cpuinfo. |
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> > Could that same kind soul please repost the info? And if possible the |
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> > same for AMD? |
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> cat /proc/cpuinfo and look for lm, which stands for long mode, under the |
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> flags. I'm pretty sure that works for Intel and AMD. |
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> kashani |
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