every so often, this question comes up -- is there an option with "uname" (or perhaps some other command or file) that identifies that a 32-bit version of some linux distro has been installed on a 64-bit system? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================