Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-28 Thread Alex Hewitt
Alex Hewitt wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > >> Alex Hewitt wrote: >> >> >>> Just an update - the system that I was trying to install various 64 bit >>> Linux distros also wouldn't install Vista 64. Turns out the processor I >>> was using has some kind of TLB bug (AMD Phenom X4 9600). >>

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-27 Thread Alex Hewitt
Jarod Wilson wrote: > Alex Hewitt wrote: > >> Just an update - the system that I was trying to install various 64 bit >> Linux distros also wouldn't install Vista 64. Turns out the processor I >> was using has some kind of TLB bug (AMD Phenom X4 9600). >> > > Oh, haha, yeah, that tlb erra

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-27 Thread Alex Hewitt
Jarod Wilson wrote: > Alex Hewitt wrote: > >> Just an update - the system that I was trying to install various 64 bit >> Linux distros also wouldn't install Vista 64. Turns out the processor I >> was using has some kind of TLB bug (AMD Phenom X4 9600). >> > > Oh, haha, yeah, that tlb erra

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-27 Thread Jarod Wilson
Alex Hewitt wrote: > > Just an update - the system that I was trying to install various 64 bit > Linux distros also wouldn't install Vista 64. Turns out the processor I > was using has some kind of TLB bug (AMD Phenom X4 9600). Oh, haha, yeah, that tlb erratum was a nasty one... Prices on the 9

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-27 Thread Alex Hewitt
Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Alex Hewitt wrote: > >> "Linux hostname.localdomain 2.6.27.5.117.fc10.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 >> 12:08:10 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux" >> > > The "i386" indicates the running kernel is for the i386 > architecture. In other w

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Alex Hewitt wrote: > "Linux hostname.localdomain 2.6.27.5.117.fc10.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 > 12:08:10 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux" The "i386" indicates the running kernel is for the i386 architecture. In other words, 32-bit. A kernel for x86-64 will

Re: DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-23 Thread Ted Roche
Alex Hewitt wrote: > I have a copy of Fedora 10 that came inside a Linux Format magazine. I > installed it on a new system with 8 gb of RAM and a quad core AMD CPU. > When I issue the free command I see all 8 gb of RAM. Does that mean that > the distro installed itself as a 64 bit version? If so

DDQOTD (Dumb Distro Question of the Day) Does Fedora 10 install as a 64 bit OS when it senses 64 bit hardware?

2009-04-23 Thread Alex Hewitt
I have a copy of Fedora 10 that came inside a Linux Format magazine. I installed it on a new system with 8 gb of RAM and a quad core AMD CPU. When I issue the free command I see all 8 gb of RAM. Does that mean that the distro installed itself as a 64 bit version? If so, is there an easy way to