Re: How to determine 64 vs 32 bit processor

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you can do this,

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Then, you can find the model of cpu, google it.

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Banyan He
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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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