Re: How do I know if...
"David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@Lehigh.EDU> writes:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:18:12 +0100
> "Aritz Beraza Garayalde [Rei]" <aritz.beraza@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2006/1/7, Robert Cates <robert@kormar.de>:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have not yet successfully installed an AMD64 port (tried several
> > > times, but keep getting a kernel panic for some reason), but when I do,
> >
> > Maybe you have sata devices. You can have a punch of solutions to many
> > problems that appear during debian amd64 installation in the list
> > archive.
>
> Yeah, I had that fun. But I did not get kernel panics, instead the
> installation could not find the drive at all. Unless the installation used a
> newer kernel than was installed, this shouldn't have been the problem.
> >
> > > I'd like to know and be sure that I'm using 64-bit mode, and not 32-bit
> > > mode. How can I check this to make sure I'm running the AMD64 port
> > > installation in 64-bit mode?
>
> uname -a
No, that will just tell you if you have a 64-bit kernel, but that
kernel can be used for 32-bit installations as well. I think you
might have to resort to something like 'file $SHELL' and look for
'64-bit'.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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