26 Apr
2021
26 Apr
'21
9:33 a.m.
On Monday 26 April 2021 02:16:11 Felix Miata wrote:
William Morder via tde-users composed on 2021-04-26
01:47 (UTC-0700):
Sorry if it's unclear; I am a little out of my depth, but trying to catch up.
CPU and motherboard information are to determine if my system is really 32-bit
(as "it" always tells me), or if I can make it run as 64-bit. It seems like
all the information I'm getting says it's 64-bit, but whenever I've tried to
install a 64-bit system, I get a message that says "wrong architecture".
I want to install Qubes+Whonix (or some combination with Whonix). Both Qubes
and Whonix are now 64-bit only, unless I compile from source, but that is too
much bother for what I want. It would be easier just to buy a new CPU and/or
motherboard. But I want to hold off on any more purchases (and more clutter)
until I can get myself moved into a bigger place.
In any case, 32-bit machines are clearly on their way out, and I really ought
to get with it. I wanted 64-bit to begin with, but 32-bit was all I could
find, when I was buying parts to build this present machine.
So the question is: Do I really have a 64-bit machine here, as it seems; and
if so, why am I forced to run it as 32-bit?
Thanks Felix. Any help is appreciated.
Bill
P.S. However, I did just discover this nifty
little command, lshw, and
here is the output. (There's actually much more information, but it isn't
pertinent to the CPU and motherboard.)
The CPU part isn't relevant? Why did you leave it off? I lost track of the
reason for this thread a while back.
I have 3 Dells using that same 945 chipset family and thus 950 graphics too
on 2 of the 3, the other with an ATI card in its PCIe slot. I also have an
HP with 945/950, but it has an NVidia card installed.