64Bit capable? How to check that in Puppy? [ SOLVED ]

[Amaponian]

How do I check in puppy if my PC is 64Bit capable?

[scientist]

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uname -m

i686 indicates 64 bit cpu.

# uname -m
i686

[watchdog]

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cat /proc/cpuinfo

If flag "lm" is reported then it's 64bit capable.

[Sailor Enceladus]

@scientist: I think i686 means that your OS was compiled to work on a Pentium II or higher, or something like that...

[Galbi]

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uname -m

i686 indicates 64 bit cpu.

Mmmm... are you sure?

[jafadmin]

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cat /proc/cpuinfo

If flag "lm" is reported then it's 64bit capable.

Make a script called "processor" :

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#!/bin/sh
Kilobyte=1024
Megabyte=$(($Kilobyte * 1024))
Gigabyte=$(($Megabyte * 1024))

ProcCnt=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | tail -1 | cut -d ' ' -f2)
ProcCnt=$((ProcCnt+1))

CPUBITS=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -m 1 -w lm)
MODEL=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -w -m 1 'model name' | cut -d: -f2)
MemTotal=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep -m 1 'MemTotal:' | cut -d ' ' -f9)
MemTotal=$(echo "(($MemTotal / $Kilobyte))" | bc -l | cut -d '.' -f1)

if [ $MemTotal -ge $Kilobyte ]; then echo "      RAM:" $(echo "scale = 2; (($MemTotal / 1000))" | bc -l ) "GB (usable)" 
else echo "      RAM:" $MemTotal "MB (usable)"
fi

if [ -z "$CPUBITS" ]; then echo "Processor: (32 bit)"$MODEL" - "$ProcCnt" Cores"
else echo "Processor: (64 bit)"$MODEL" - "$ProcCnt" Cores"
fi

echo ""

[Amaponian]

Already installed 64Bit tahrpup.

Downloads faster (most of the time far faster)
Now I can see online HD movies without interruption,
although sometimes they seem to get slow, so I have to reduce quality.

Copying to the flash drive is also faster.

Chrome works without that annoying message "Your chrome version is old"

So this is a very good upgrade.

Thanks to all of you.

[musher0]

Short answer:
i686 = 32-bit Intel x86 arch
x86_64 = 64-bit Intel x86 arch

Source, answer # 99.

[scientist]

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uname -m

i686 indicates 64 bit cpu.

Mmmm... are you sure?

My mistake.