On Mon 07 Sep 2020 at 12:49:36 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/07/2020 09:51 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-07 08:44 (UTC-0500):
2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities
of a particular machine?
inxi
For CPU bits specifically:
inxi -Cy
For all CPU capabilities:
inxi -Cay
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If these produce any errors, you're using an old inxi version. Upstream version
permits self upgrading thus:
inxi -U
It's been too long since I last used Debian's inxi package, so don't remember if
it's packaged to override -U capability.
inxi -V | head -n1
inxi 3.1.06-00 (2020-08-17)
Running Debian 9.8 I get
root@defaultinstall:/home/richard# inxi -V | head -n1
inxi 2.3.5-00 (2016-12-02)
It didn't like the "a" nor "y" parameters.
I did "apt update" then "apt upgrade" and am now running Debian 9.13
inxi -V | head -n1 re still reports inxi 2.3.5-00 (2016-12-02)
What should I read before attempting "inxi -U"?
man inxi on your buster installation. Then forget about manually
upgrading stretch's version: you're interested in what inxi tells
you about the machine hardware.
I also have the 64 bit flavor of Debian 10 on a separate partition.
I'll run them there and see what I'll get.
As time is available I'll attempt to install also the 32 bit Debian 10.
Perfect for the comparison you want.