how do i know if i am running 32 bit or 64 bit

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10-13-2006, 12:18 AM	#1
Marlinnhag@aol.com LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2006 Posts: 19 Rep:	how do i know if i am running 32 bit or 64 bit This is probably a stupid question but how can I tell if I am running 32 suse linux 10.1 or 64 bit linux 10.1?

10-13-2006, 12:26 AM	#2
Marlinnhag@aol.com LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2006 Posts: 19 Original Poster Rep:	figured it out... uname -m says i686 thats 32 bit right???

10-13-2006, 01:24 AM	#3
cs-cam Senior Member Contributing Member Registered: May 2004 Location: Australia Distribution: Gentoo Posts: 3,545 Rep:	Yep, i686 == 32bit

10-13-2006, 06:53 AM	#4
khaleel5000 Member Registered: Oct 2005 Location: Pakistan Distribution: Debian,Pclinuxos Posts: 327 Rep:	so whats 64 ? i1372

10-13-2006, 10:36 AM

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so whats 64 ? i1372

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On a 64 bit machine, I get "x86_64".

10-13-2006, 05:11 PM	#6
khaleel5000 Member Registered: Oct 2005 Location: Pakistan Distribution: Debian,Pclinuxos Posts: 327 Rep:	okiez , thanks

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