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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? |
| Date | 2022-01-31 17:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DLHfY-5Gb-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <DLE8p-3SP-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DLE8p-3SP-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 01/31/2022 06:37 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2022-01-31, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>> Due to historical circumstances, I have laptops which multi-boot various
>> Debian releases. There be 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the same release
>> on a particular machine.
>>
>> 1. From current console, how can I determine which is running?
>> [ equivalent of /etc/debian_version would be ideal ]
>
> uname -m
That returns a related piece of information.
"uname -r" better answers the question I asked.
*HOWEVER*, Greg's response, "The real command the OP is looking for is
dpkg --print-architecture", answers the question I _should have_ asked.
>
>
>> 2. As superuser, how can I determine which is installed on a different
>> partition?
>> [ My typical installation routine has been a descriptive label for
>> each root partition. But not always done ;{ ]
>
> If the superuser doesn't know, I surely don't know.
I was trying to determine what another boot-able OS on the machine would do.
I suspect the appropriate use of the "--admindir=?????" option to
"dpkg-query" may be appropriate [I need to carefully re-read man-pages
for dpkg-query and dpkg.]
>
>> Web search gave plethora of hits related to which to install. Nothing
>> for my particular question.
>
> Inexplicable.
No. I needed a different set of search terms or an wise search engine.
>
Thanks for the responses received so far - especially Greg's mind-reading.
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i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-01-31 13:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-31 13:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-01-31 17:00 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-31 17:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-31 17:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-31 21:10 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-01-31 22:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-31 22:50 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-02-01 03:10 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-02-01 04:00 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-02-01 06:30 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2022-02-01 04:20 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-02-01 06:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2022-02-01 14:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-02-01 01:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-02-01 06:50 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-02-01 13:30 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav.v.v@gmail.com> - 2022-02-01 17:20 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-02-01 18:50 +0100
CLARIFICATION --- Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-02-01 01:40 +0100
Re: CLARIFICATION --- Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-02-01 07:20 +0100
Re: CLARIFICATION --- Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-02-01 13:10 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2022-02-01 11:50 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-31 14:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-31 17:50 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2022-01-31 14:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-31 14:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-01-31 14:40 +0100
Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-31 20:20 +0100
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