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My routine backup system just had a fatal hardware crash.

I have a secondary backup machine available - A Lenovo R61 laptop. /etc/debian_version reports version 10.0 is installed.

I need to know:
is it 32 or 64 bit?
how much RAM is actually installed?

I been years since I had to query a system for that information.

Help please.
TIA

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Am 12.09.2023 um 12:22:48 Uhr schrieb Richard Owlett:

I need to know:
is it 32 or 64 bit?

dpkg -l linux-image-*
If that shows amd64, it is 64 bit.

how much RAM is actually installed?

free -h

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On 2023-09-12, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:

My routine backup system just had a fatal hardware crash.

I have a secondary backup machine available - A Lenovo R61 laptop. /etc/debian_version reports version 10.0 is installed.

I need to know:
is it 32 or 64 bit?
how much RAM is actually installed?

I been years since I had to query a system for that information.

Help please.
TIA

dmidecode
or
lshw

from root term will give you that info.
There are GUI frontends also, but can not think
of them at the moment as I always use the ones mentioned.
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On 09/12/2023 12:28 PM, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 12.09.2023 um 12:22:48 Uhr schrieb Richard Owlett:

I need to know:
is it 32 or 64 bit?

dpkg -l linux-image-*
If that shows amd64, it is 64 bit.

how much RAM is actually installed?

free -h

THANK YOU!
If you just just thought you heard echos of a raucous laugh.
That was me discovering my "primary" system was i386.
My _tertiary_ system is amd64 ;/
Both have only 3GB of RAM.



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Am 12.09.2023 um 12:55:23 Uhr schrieb Richard Owlett:

If you just just thought you heard echos of a raucous laugh.
That was me discovering my "primary" system was i386.

Be aware that this is the architecture the system is installed not,
what the CPU is capable.

R61 should have Core 2, which can run amd64.

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ringOn 09/12/2023 02:12 PM, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 12.09.2023 um 12:55:23 Uhr schrieb Richard Owlett:

If you just just thought you heard echos of a raucous laugh.
That was me discovering my "primary" system was i386.

Be aware that this is the architecture the system is installed not,
what the CPU is capable.

R61 should have Core 2, which can run amd64.

GRIN. I'm aware of difference between "can" and "does".
For historical reasons I had intentionally run 32 bit software on 64 bit capable hardware. I had thought I had updated this machine ;}

Thanks for the assist.


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cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/meminfo
uname -a

On 2023-09-12, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:

On 09/12/2023 12:28 PM, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 12.09.2023 um 12:22:48 Uhr schrieb Richard Owlett:

I need to know:
is it 32 or 64 bit?

dpkg -l linux-image-*
If that shows amd64, it is 64 bit.

how much RAM is actually installed?

free -h

THANK YOU!
If you just just thought you heard echos of a raucous laugh.
That was me discovering my "primary" system was i386.
My _tertiary_ system is amd64 ;/
Both have only 3GB of RAM.

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