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Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?



On 2022-01-31, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> Due to historical circumstances, I have laptops which multi-boot various 
> Debian releases. There be 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the same release 
> on a particular machine.
>
> 1. From current console, how can I determine which is running?
>     [ equivalent of /etc/debian_version would be ideal ]

 uname -m


> 2. As superuser, how can I determine which is installed on a different
>     partition?
>     [ My typical installation routine has been a descriptive label for
>       each root partition. But not always done ;{ ]

If the superuser doesn't know, I surely don't know.

> Web search gave plethora of hits related to which to install. Nothing 
> for my particular question.

Inexplicable.

> TIA
>
>
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