2010/2/23 Ajay Jain <ajay050@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > I have a machine that has an RHEL installed. The machine is a 64 bit > machine. I want to know whether I am using RHEL-32 bit OR RHEL-64 bit. > How do I find that? If I do a uname -a, it shows: > > Linux resolution 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 16:36:54 EDT 2007 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > This only shows that I have a 64 bit machine. > > From cat /etc/redhat-release, I see: > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 5) > > This also does not show whether it's 32 bit Or 64 bit. > > Where/How do I find the same? > > Regards, > Ajay. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > Try calling file on some essential system binary, f.e. /sbin/init: $ file /sbin/init /sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped In my case the output of file indicates that I have a 64-bit system. -- Regards, Denis Borisevich -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ