64 bit or 32 bit OS ?

[Sander Steffann]

Hi,

> Forgive the newbie question :
> 
> Is my ES 3 Linux OS a 32 bit or a 64 bit OS  ?
> 
> If I do uname -a , I get 
> 
> Linux xxxxxx.ucla.edu 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 
> 23:35:44 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

This is a 32-bit OS. If it had been a 64-bit OS you would have seen
something like Linux xxxxxx.computel.nl 2.4.21-27.0.2.EL #1 SMP Wed Jan 12
23:25:36 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. (Notice the x86_64 instead
of i386 and i686)

> Also , can someone point me to some Linux ES 3 
> docs discussing this issue ?

When you buy an EL3 license you buy a license for either the 32-bit or the
64-bit OS. So this depends on what you have bought...

Bye,
Sander.