Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 11-05-06 10:01 PM, Jefrrey Moncrieff wrote: > I have MAN and gcc on Ubuntu(11.04) But then again it was a (upgrade > build) I could see the reasoning why not to include apache and web > server stuff. We think it odd but we are developers. Why would any > end user require Apache. It a Desktop to

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 10:00:18PM -0400, porpen wrote: > perhaps > > apt-config dump | grep Arch > (case sensitive) But only on Debian or Ubuntu... > If you need to switch the install from i386 to amd64, it's tricky, but doable. > > Cheers! > -Phil > > On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:20:55PM -040

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread porpen
perhaps apt-config dump | grep Arch (case sensitive) If you need to switch the install from i386 to amd64, it's tricky, but doable. Cheers! -Phil On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with > "uname"

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Jefrrey Moncrieff
I have MAN and gcc on Ubuntu(11.04) But then again it was a (upgrade build) I could see the reasoning why not to include apache and web server stuff. We think it odd but we are developers. Why would any end user require Apache. It a Desktop to them From: "Mike Kenzie" To: linux@lists.oclug

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] any personal experience out there with hybrid SSD drives?

2011-05-06 Thread allan . fields
RPJD> i'm looking at picking up a seriously fast notebook since i plan on spending a lot of time a) compiling kernels, b) running JAVA, and c) hosting numerous VMs at the same time. Have you considered a Eurocom laptop w/ dual SSD? I know Eurocom boasts "desktop replacement" performance and th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Friday 06 May 2011 14:53:32 Rick wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 18:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> Not quite what you intended, but how about: > >>file $(which uname) > > > > I often do exactly this with '/bin/ls' to tes

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] any personal experience out there with hybrid SSD drives?

2011-05-06 Thread R RENAUD
--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Paul B. wrote: > Roland, > great results, but I'd like to request one clarification: > did you constrain the hdd benchmark with the same ramdisk > size as the > SSD, or did you mess around with the ramdisk size only > after running the > comparison test? Having checked my no

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Rick
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 18:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> Not quite what you intended, but how about: >>        file $(which uname) >> > > I often do exactly this with '/bin/ls' to test the OS bitness. > > Another alternative is to use

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Bart Trojanowski
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 18:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > Not quite what you intended, but how about: >file $(which uname) > I often do exactly this with '/bin/ls' to test the OS bitness. Another alternative is to use gcc -dumpmachine ... which is available on all systems that matter :-

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with > "uname" (or perhaps some other command or file) that identifies that a > 32-bit version of some linux distro has been installed on a 64-bit > system? Not quite

[OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with "uname" (or perhaps some other command or file) that identifies that a 32-bit version of some linux distro has been installed on a 64-bit system? rday --