> It was pointed out to me on this forum recently that a system that I > was attempting to install i386 onto, should instead have amd64 > installed on it. I have a number of other old systems, all running > i386. > > How can I determine whether I can use amd64 on them?
The CPU lines in dmesg says "LONG" if it is amd64-capable, -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.

