32 bit or 64 bit

[Brian Faulk]

Could you please tell me how to determine if I am a 64 bit or 32 kernal.

Thanks

[Steven E. Protter]

Usually you just do a strings for file command on the actual kernel.

file vmlinux-...

You get an answer that tells you what processor its for. i386 is 32 bit, Itanium, etc is 64 bit.

SEP

[Brian Faulk]

I made a mistake I didn't say if it was on hp-ux or linux. This is for hp-ux 11.0.

Thanks again.

[Nobody's Hero · Accepted solution]

issue on command line:

getconf KERNEL_BITS

should return 32 or 64.

[Brian Faulk]

Hey that worked, thanks so much.
Now please tell me how to award you some points, I do appreciate your help.

[Uwe Zessin]

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

[NiCK_76]

Hi Faulk,

Perform command "uname -a" . x86_64 is 64bits kernel, i686/586/486/386 is 32bits.

NiCK

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I have a 64 bit Alpha.

[root@wsys02 root]# uname -a
Linux wsys02 2.4.9-32 #1 Fri Jun 7 19:00:17 EDT 2002 alpha unknown

???

Wim

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Forgot to be clear : anyone knows why is display 32 bit instead of 64 ?

Wim