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vkmgeek 03-13-2008 11:34 AM
uname output
 
Hi all,
I am not able to understand output of uname..
uname -a gives me something like this
Linux Qa3-ctrl 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Now, I am not able to understand "i686 i686 i386" ... What does it indicate?

And anyone is having idea about lsb_release..

Thanks in advance ...

Tinkster 03-13-2008 12:28 PM
Which distro are you using?
I'm asking because I've never seen uname output like that.

Cheers,
Tink

reddazz 03-13-2008 12:55 PM
I found this article that explains the output of uname in great detail. The first i686 represents the machine (uname -m), the second the processor (uname -p) and the third the hardware platform (uname -i).

vkmgeek 03-13-2008 04:03 PM
Hey thanks !!
It was great to know...
By the way, can you tell me difference between -m (machine) and -i(hardware platform) option. I guess both are same.

H_TeXMeX_H 03-13-2008 05:04 PM
I'm thinking the '-m' is the only truly meaningful thing. For me it says:
Code:
bash-3.1$ uname -a
Linux kafox 2.6.21.5 #1 Mon Sep 10 07:37:01 EEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
bash-3.1$ uname -m
i686
bash-3.1$ uname -p
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
bash-3.1$ uname -i
GenuineIntel


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