On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may resurrect an former desktop machine as a trouble shooting aid. > I need to know the data bus width. > > I know the Debian version number is stored in /etc/debian_version .
This is not reliable because a user can edit the file. See bug #238687, <https://bugs-devel.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=238687>. > How do I find if the installed OS is 32 or 64 bit? Use dpkg. See <https://wiki.debian.org/ArchitectureVariants>. $ dpkg --print-architecture amd64 > How do I discover the CPU's bus width? Which bus? Address? Data? Some other bus? Jeff
