32 vs. 64 bit RHEL3

[Allen K. Smith]

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 11:51, Jason Williard wrote:
> I have just leased a new 64 bit server to add to our systems.  The server
> will be acting mainly as a MySQL master server.  I would like to know if
> there is a difference in how Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES is installed on
> 64 bit vs. 32 bit.  Mainly, I would like to know if there is an easy way to
> identify whether the 64 bit technology is supported by the system.  As it
> is leased through a data center, they handle the setup and installation of
> the OS software, so I am not quite sure that the server was properly
> configured.
>
>
> Here is the output from uname -a
>  Linux host.domain.com 2.4.21-27.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:59:02 EST 2004
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
>  
> ----
> Thank You,
> Jason Williard 

That is a 32 bit OS.

you should see:

Linux host.domain.com 2.4.21-37.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Sep 7 13:32:18 EDT 2005 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux