Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?
On 2022-02-01, Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav.v.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2022-02-01 17:20 GMT+05:00, Curt <curty@free.fr>:
>> On 2022-01-31, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>>> Technically correct, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard
>>>> Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using
>>>> a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace.
>>>
>>> BTW, for the twisted-minded it's probably possible to run a 64bit
>>> userspace on a 32bit kernel.
>
> Me used that some years ago - 4GB ram was accessible only with 64bit
> kernel and proprietary 32bit software.
>
>> Oh nuts. I was going to say I was at least half correct.
>
> This will print what you need
> dpkg --print-architecture
>
Yes, I've adequately absorbed this information. But I don't need it. I
mean, despite my advancing years, I remember, like the vast majority of
people here, I suppose, whether I installed a 64 or a 32 bit release
(although the consequences of not remembering appear to me to be
rather innocuous for my use case).
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