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 .
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