[SunHELP] 64 bit boot up

steve price sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Fri Mar 2 08:03:34 CST 2001


there is also an infodoc article on the subject...
"FAQ on Booting Solaris to either the 64-bit or the
32-bit kernel"  Infodoc 21434.....ran accross it by
accident one day.
//regards

--- ed at the7thbeer.com wrote:
> eeprom boot-file kernel/sparcv9/unix // 64 bit //
> eeprom boot-file kernel/unix // 32 bit //
> 
> Keep in mind that /platform/'arch -k'/kernel/sparcv9
> must exist, or else you haven't installed the 64 bit
> goodness of Solaris.
> ;)
> ===============================
> Ed Mitchell (ed<-at->the7thbeer.com)
> Finger for PGP public key
> ===============================
> This boxen's uptime stats....
>   5:20am  up 15 day(s), 12:21,  2 users,  load
> average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.01
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Robert Wier wrote:
> 
> > Good Morning All
> > 
> > I have a Ultra 1 that I purchased referb a couple
> of years ago. It has
> > always booted to the 32 bit kernel even
> > with the 64 bit version of Solaris 8 installed.
> > 
> > I have scanned docs.sun.com  for an openboot fix
> ,but with no results.
> > 
> > Am I looking in the correct area (openboot) or is
> this a firmware issue.
> > 
> > Thank You in advance
> > 
> > Robert Wier
> > webmaster: online-gamer.net
> > reiwb3 at bright.net
> > 
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