Re: 32bits or 64bits system
Nguyễn Hùng <[email protected]>
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thank Andy as you said, a system with amdx64 architecture (64bits processor) running 32bit OS. do we call that system to be 64bits or 32bits? On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Andy Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I think that you misunderstand my mean. > > Really I want to know about define of 32bits and 64bits system. > > A system is called to be 32bits => Is processor or operation system is > > 32bits? > > On the i386 and amd64/x86-64 architectures, a 32bit processor can run a > 32bit OS and a 64 bit processor can run either a 32bit OS or a 64bit one. > > Other architectures vary: > arm 26, 32 and 64 bit architectures have their own rules. > ia64 (Intel Itanic) can only run 64bit OSes. > > > > > > Regards, > @ndy > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ > 0x7EBA75FF > > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-chat > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- Full Name: Nguyễn Văn Hùng Gmail/Skype/yahoo:hung.rocket42 Address: K1 street - Từ Liêm district- Hà Nội city Mobile:+84986451381 -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page