Installation on 64-bit systems

Hi guys,

I'm trying to adjust the ISPConfig installer so that it also supports 64-bit systems. Now my question is: what would be the best way to test if the operating system (not the processor!) is a 64-bit Linux - please keep in mind that it is possible to install a 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit processor!

I think it is a good idea to use the

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uname

command to find out about the operating system - but which switch do I use?

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uname -m

prints the machine hardware name. On a 64-bit SuSE 10.0 this gives back

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uname -p

prints the processor type. On a 64-bit SuSE this also bives back

.

The same commands issued on a 32-bit Debian Sarge show the following:

uname -m: i686

uame -p: unknown

So I guess uname -m would be the right command to find out about the operating system.

Do you have better suggestions?

Also, if you happen to run a 64-bit Linux (Fedora, Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, CentOS, ...), please post the output of both

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uname -m

and

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uname -p

here.

 

I'm using ubuntu x86, *but* thereis no "-p" argument in uname man page. Is -p exclusive for x86_64?

Code:

       -a, --all
              print all information, in the following order:

       -s, --kernel-name
              print the kernel name

       -n, --nodename
              print the network node hostname

       -r, --kernel-release
              print the kernel release

       -v, --kernel-version
              print the kernel version

       -m, --machine
              print the machine hardware name

       -o, --operating-system
              print the operating system

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

 

operating system is "-o". Maybe you wrote you wanted to get the "os" but really wanted to say the machine arch?

 

Uhm, oh, now i get it, I know what you mean now. Maybe there is no easy way if the kernel is not for the corresponding arch...
But maybe you could use "cpuid" program to get the output for the processor type

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cpuid               - Intel and AMD x86 CPUID display program

As I told you, I have x86 Ubuntu, but my processor is x86_64.

Code:

dan@alcon:~$ cpuid | grep Processor
Processor name string: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+

Maybe you can check this also:

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libsys-cpu-perl          - Sys::CPU Perl module for getting CPU information

 

I think

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uname -m

is what I'm looking for. This is what Seawolf found out for me:

 

Same here...

Amazingly, Etch works out of box for SATA, nViadia LAN, Audio etc. Even graphic driver compaling is piece of cake