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Getting “Not found” message when running a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system
I have currently a strange problem on debian (wheezy/amd64).
I have created a chroot to install a server (i can't give any more detail about it, sorry). Let's call its path /chr_path/.
To make things ...
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How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Ubuntu?
I have a 64-bit (amd64 a.k.a. x86_64) Debian or Ubuntu installation. I need to run 32-bit (i386/i686) programs occasionally, or to compile programs for a 32-bit system. How can I do this with a ...
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How do I know that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux?
How can I find out that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux, e.g.: Ubuntu, Fedora?
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Should I install 32 or 64 bit?
I'm going to be installing linux on my 64bit netbook.
Last time I checked I was advised that for personal computers (not servers) it is best to install the 32bit version. I believe the reasoning was ...
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CentOS 6 “Default” Installation Options
Can someone tell me the difference between a Desktop Install, a Basic Server install, and a Minimal Install? During installation, it doesn't give a description and I can't find documentation on it ...
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64-bit Linux doesn't recognize my RAM between 3 and 32 GB
My problems were caused by a faulty memory module and quite possibly a broken kernel binary.
I just now booted my PC with basically brand new hardware. I've been running Debian 6.0 AMD64 before, ...
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How can I install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on a 32bit Linux?
I've got a computer (Intel core i5) with 32bit Linux installed (ubuntu 11.04) and I would like to install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on it so I can test 64bit command-line applications on it.
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User Kernel split in 64bit Linux
What is the default user/kernel split in the 64bit linux ?
I read Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt (which someone pointed out), but I could not make out. Can somebody provide a direct answer (something ...
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Moving from Ubuntu 32bit: Mint 64bit or Mint 32bit?
I have decided to try out Linux Mint instead of the horrible Ubuntu Unity experince.
I have a separate partition for my /home folder, which I'd like to preserve of course. So I'm curious: is it ...
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How come I installed Ubuntu 64 bit on a Pentium 4 machine?
I have just tried booting the Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit live USB on this machine and to my amazement everything works fine. I even installed the system, after which I checked with uname -a and the result is
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How to determine bitness of hardware and OS?
Output of uname -a on my RHEL 5.4 machine is:
Linux <machine name> 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Does it mean that hardware is 64 bit ...
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Virtualbox 64bit image on 64bit computer without virtualization support
I got an 64 bit image for VirtualBox (.vmdk file) and I don't have a 32 bit version. My coputer doesn't support hardware virtualization. Logically VirtualBox says
This kernel requeires an x86-64 CPU, ...
