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Re: Is my processor 32-bit or 64-bit?



On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:50:32 -0400 (EDT), Yang Chengwei wrote:
>>
>> Find out if long-mode is supported by you CPU, for example.
>> $ grep -o lm /proc/cpuinfo
>
> I don't have Linux installed yet.  (I'm trying to determine if
> I want to install the i386 or amd64 port.)
>
> Windows Server 2003 is installed, but I don't know a valid
> userid/password combination to log in.  All I can access right
> now is the BIOS setup program.
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Well I can tell you that with <4 GB of RAM you should probably just
stick to 32 bit regardless. Although, you could also just try to
install the 64 bit version and see if it works.


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