Hi,
I am new to Linux and would like to know what I need to download - x86 or x86_64 ISO? I am not sure what type of processor I have. I have RH9 installed on this machine that I'm trying to upgrade to Fedora, is there a way to check my processor type so I can download the appropriate ISO?
Try "cat /proc/cpuinfo". That'll tell you what kind of processor you have:
[root@prophead root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 864.496
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1723.59
The Pentium III is also known as the "686" as far as the kernels are concerned.
RH9 wasn't available for X86_64 (Athlon/Opteron). "uname -a" will tell you a lot of info, too, but it won't tell you exactly _which_ Intelish processor you have, just what the kernel was built for. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Jimmie crack corn and I don't care...what kind of lousy attitude - - is THAT to have, huh? -- Dennis Miller - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
