whether my system is 32 bit o 64 bit?
Avi Greenbury
lists at avi.co
Tue Nov 1 14:04:36 UTC 2011
Linux Tyro wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>wrote:
>
> > 'uname -a' yields:
> > >
> > > Linux myfamily-desktop 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13
> > > 19:40:53
> > > UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > It's the "i686" part that counts. This means 32bit.
> > If you were using 64bit, it would say "x86_64" instead.
>
>
> But my processor is 64 bit capable!
>
uname shows details of the currently running kernel, not the processor
it's running on. That output from uname tells you that you're running
an 'i686' kernel, which is 32-bit. Your processor is also capable of
running a 64-bit kernel, but it isn't at the minute.
Were you running a 64-bit kernel, it would say 'amd64' instead of
'i686'.
--
Avi
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