Richard Owlett wrote, on 08/29/2013 15:25: > I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no > record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the > processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit > MS Windows incarnations. > > Three personal machines: > 1. A Lenovo desktop currently running WinXP Pro SP3 > 2. An IBM/Lenovo T43 Thinkpad laptop running WinXP Pro SP3 > 3. A Lenovo R61 Thinkpad laptop currently running various configurations of > Squeeze. There were stickers on it when I purchased it saying "Intel Core2 > Duo" > and "Windows Vista Basic". Windows was completely removed when I installed > Squeeze. > > > A collection of donated machines at church being used for a outreach program > for > the neighborhood K-6 children. OS include Win98 and later. > > For the time being all Debian installs will be 32 bit. In a year or so, > capable > machines will be migrated to 64 bit. There are non-technical constraints > precluding immediate migration to 64 bit. > > Suggestions/comments? > TIA >
Why not try a Debian Live install image (http://www.debian.org/CD/live/) on CD, DVD, or USB stick? Then, with a running Linux-system a command like cat /proc/cpuinfo shows capabilites of the cpu. Regards, jvp -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5221b461.1060...@web.de
