Just because you are running a 64bit machine, that does not mean you are running a 32bit OS. The version of Ubuntu you installed was probably 32 bit. You can install a 32 bit OS on a 64 bit machine, just not the reverse. HTH Kevin On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 13:28 -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > Thanks Kevin. I see in my cpuinfo flags that I support long mode too. > But why, when I tried to install that in the kernel, did it complain > until I put in the 32 bit version? > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Kevin Fries > wrote: > Michael, > > Linux is nothing if not a chatty beast ;-) > > To find out everything you every wanted to know about your > CPU, you can > look at /proc/cpuinfo. > > My system I am on right now is a System76 Lemur, and it runs a > I3 > mobile. If I look in that file, I will see: > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU U 330 @ > 1.20GHz > cpu MHz : 1199.000 > > among other things. But the real keys to the kingdom is a > field called > FLAGS. > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep > mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe > syscall nx > rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl > xtopology > nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 > ssse3 cx16 > xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm arat dts tpr_shadow > vnmi > flexpriority ept vpid > > You Google those flags and you will find out EXACTLY what your > CPU does > and does not support. So, to answer your question > specifically, I look > in the flags and see a flag "lm", which stands for "long mode" > which is > uber-geek speak for 64bit mode. > > And sure enough, my system is running Ubuntu 11.10 in 64 bit > mode. > > Hope this Helps > Kevin > > > > On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 12:38 -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > > 1- I D/L a distribution > > 2- because I have no RW DVDs I burn the CD version > > 3- I install the CD version > > 4- After running the the install there is an ICON that says > 'upgrade > > to the DVD' so I upgrade > > 5- my system starts to panic when running off of the battery > so it is > > wisely suggested to upgrade my kernel. So I am doing so it > asks me > > what kernel I am running. It had been said on the list that > my kernel > > is the 64 bit kind but when I tried to upgrade to the 64bit > kernel the > > computer complained and said 'wrong architecture'. > > 6- I installed the kernel for the i386 and have been happily > running > > it now for a couple of days > > > > Questions: > > Was I supposed to do something to make it see that it is a > 64? > > Would it run if an i386 was installed on a 64? > > Does it really matter? > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss