<div dir="ltr">Googling further, I found a C-net summary of the machine that I am using, and it says 64 bit computing, yes. So I think I am going to live dangerously and try to install the 64 bit version. Thanks!<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-elitebook-6930p-14-1-core-2-duo-p8600-vista-business-32-64-bits-xp-professional-downgrade-2-gb-ram-250-gb-hdd/specs/">http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-elitebook-6930p-14-1-core-2-duo-p8600-vista-business-32-64-bits-xp-professional-downgrade-2-gb-ram-250-gb-hdd/specs/</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div dir="ltr">Hi Roy,<div><br></div><div>I ran this command:</div><div><br></div><div>$ cat /proc/cpuinfo > /home/cje/Documents/cpuinfo01.txt<br></div><div><br></div><div>And got a fairly extensive output. I have edited it below. The word flags appeared 2x, and here are those lines, not sure what they show, although I do see the number 64, but 64 what?</div><div><br></div><div>==========</div><div>flags<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 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 nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority<br></div><div><br></div><div>flags<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 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 nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority<br></div><div>==================</div><div><br></div><div>The other interesting thing is the following, which I am not sure is evidence of 32 bit or 64 bit. It would appear to me to be 64 bit:</div><div><br></div><div>==============================</div><div><snip></div><div><div>clflush size<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 64</div><div>cache_alignment<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 64</div><div>address sizes<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual</div></div><div>===================</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks everyone for your help!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On <a href="tel:2016.07.29%2007" value="+12016072907" target="_blank">2016.07.29 07</a>:26, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
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> I was just given a notebook and am trying to tell if it is 32 bit or<br>
> 64 bit.<br>
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Boot a random linux and inspect the FLAGS line in /proc/cpuinfo<br>
for the lm flag .Its a very long line and will wrap. Here's a small<br>
section ot mine, showing the lm flag.<br>
... fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext ...<br>
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