detecting i386 or x86_64 in kickstart

Klaus Steden klaus.steden at thomson.net
Mon Jan 29 09:20:12 UTC 2007


> Hello.
> 
> I don't totally agree with this detection. Here we have several 64bits
> servers which are Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Maybe do we need to check about cpu
> flags.
> 
You're right, with some architectures you would need to check both the model
name and number, and possibly the CPU family, but the point remains - you can
determine a lot about your system just by checking /proc/cpuinfo.

Klaus




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