Richard Owlett 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 . > > How do I find if the installed OS is 32 or 64 bit?
$ uname -a Linux ant 6.16.8+deb14-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.16.8-1 (2025-09-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux > How do I discover the CPU's bus width? # this one has "address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual" in it, but # i'm not sure all cpu versions have this... may not be exactly what you are # looking for (data bus can be different than address bus)... $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "address sizes" | head -1 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual songbird
