He could also take a look at /var/log/dmesg. That might be a little
more of a "sure thing".
He'd get something like:
--8<--
CPU: After vendor init, caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: After generic, caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Common caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 03
--8<-- or
CPU: After generic, caps: 0383f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
CPU: Common caps: 0383f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
CPU: AMD Duron(tm) Processor stepping 00
--8<--
The last line of those two is important wrt architecture.
{^_^}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn" <n0hn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Andrew:
>
> Take a squint at man uname
>
> Regards,
>
> Glenn
>
> On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 00:33, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> > This is a pretty simple question. How do I know what my architecture is?
> > Specifically, what's the difference between i386, i586 and i686? How do
> > I find out which my laptop is to know which kernel to install?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Andrew Robinson
> >
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