Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-05 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 14:36 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:01:11 -0700 > Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you don't have enough RAM to need 64-bit addressing, you're just > > slowing the system down, making it deal with larger addresses for no > > benefit. > >

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:01:11 -0700 Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't have enough RAM to need 64-bit addressing, you're just > slowing the system down, making it deal with larger addresses for no > benefit. While my Centos machines are all running 32-bit at the moment, I hav

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-04 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Monday 04 February 2008, Warren Young wrote: > Jimmy Bradley wrote: > > would I really gain anything right now by going to a 64bit machine? > First, I'm not really disagreening with you, many users probably wouldn't see any advantages with x86_64. But you facts were a bit off... > Not unless

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-04 Thread Warren Young
Jimmy Bradley wrote: would I really gain anything right now by going to a 64bit machine? Not unless you put at least 4 GB of RAM in it, and from your description of what you do, you have no good reason to do that. If you don't have enough RAM to need 64-bit addressing, you're just slowing t

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-04 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 08:36:28PM +, John Bowden enlightened us: > > Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley > scrawled: > > > and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way of the > > > terminal window that will tell me what kind of cpu I have? I w

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-04 Thread John Bowden
On Sunday 03 February 2008 12:12:49 Steve Searle wrote: > Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley scrawled: > > and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way of the > > terminal window that will tell me what kind of cpu I have? I want to say > > that it

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 06:06 -0600, Jimmy Bradley wrote: > I have a quick question. > The board and CPU that I'm using in one of my machines was given > to me. I didn't take the time to look up the info on the board or > anything. I was busy, so I just put the board in a pc case, hooked

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread MHR
On Feb 3, 2008 10:52 AM, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jimmy Bradley wrote: > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca > > cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt > > 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp tm stc > > b

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread John R Pierce
Jimmy Bradley wrote: flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp tm stc bogomips: 1601.05 I believe a 64bit capable x86 has the 'flags' setting

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Sunday 03 February 2008, Steve Searle wrote: ... > Around 12:21pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley > I think you are correct. The appriate line from my 64 bit machine is: > >> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ > ^^ The

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread William Warren
no you won't really gain anything for regular mundane tasks like that. Jimmy Bradley wrote: On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 12:12 +, Steve Searle wrote: Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley scrawled: and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way of th

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Steve Searle
Around 12:21pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley scrawled: > On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 12:12 +, Steve Searle wrote: > > Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley > > scrawled: > > > > > and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way o

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Jimmy Bradley
On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 12:12 +, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley scrawled: > > > and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way of the > > terminal window that will tell me what kind of cpu I have? I want to say > > that i

Re: [CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Steve Searle
Around 12:06pm on Sunday, February 03, 2008 (UK time), Jimmy Bradley scrawled: > and open it up to find out. Is there a command entered by way of the > terminal window that will tell me what kind of cpu I have? I want to say > that it's an AMD sempron 3000+, but I'm not sure. cat /proc/cpuinfo

[CentOS] cpu type

2008-02-03 Thread Jimmy Bradley
I have a quick question. The board and CPU that I'm using in one of my machines was given to me. I didn't take the time to look up the info on the board or anything. I was busy, so I just put the board in a pc case, hooked everything up, and loaded the os on the machine. I didn't