Cant See My OS Version 32/64 bit

Farough · 08-01-2008, 12:45 AM

Hello All,
Could any one like to tell me that how can i see my OS Version. i have already used the /etc/redhat-release but its not completely showing that whether its 32-64 bit i wanna know abt the version not the distro.
BTW i am using Linux AS 5 just want to see whether it's 32 or 64 bit.

Regards

onebuck · 08-01-2008, 12:54 AM

Hi,

From the cli the 'uname -r' is release, 'uname -v' is version.

allez · 08-01-2008, 12:55 AM

Run uname -i from console to know hardware platform of your system. 'i*86' means 32 bit.

onebuck · 08-01-2008, 01:03 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by allez

Run uname -i from console.

The '-i' option is for platform. If you want the cpuinfo then do a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to show that information.

Farough · 08-01-2008, 01:09 AM

Got It. Thnx Pals

allez · 08-01-2008, 01:21 AM

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johnsfine · 08-01-2008, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebuck

The '-i' option is for platform. If you want the cpuinfo then do a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to show that information.

That answer may confuse anyone who needed to ask the original question.

'cat /proc/cpuinfo' contains info that tells you whether your CPU is 32bit or 64bit. That doesn't tell you whether the copy of Linux you are running is 32bit or 64bit.

I always use 'uname -a' to determine whether Linux is 32bit or 64bit (I use remote access to a few different Linux systems and forget which is which). But there are many other possible commands that could give the same info.

onebuck · 08-01-2008, 12:41 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnsfine

That answer may confuse anyone who needed to ask the original question.

'cat /proc/cpuinfo' contains info that tells you whether your CPU is 32bit or 64bit. That doesn't tell you whether the copy of Linux you are running is 32bit or 64bit.

I always use 'uname -a' to determine whether Linux is 32bit or 64bit (I use remote access to a few different Linux systems and forget which is which). But there are many other possible commands that could give the same info.

What's confusing about the answer? The 'uname -i' option does present platform information and the 'cat /proc/cpuinfo presents the processor information. Plain and simple.

edit: the OP wanted the version information originally.