[SunHELP] 32 or 64 bit?????

[Albertson, Chris]

isainfo only tells you about the hardware.  Given an Ultra 5
either a 64 or 32 bit kernel could be installed.  I've run
32 OSes on Ultra before.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Skelton [mailto:Richard.Skelton at brake.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:44 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] 32 or 64 bit?????
> 
> 
> Hi Sami,
> You need isainfo see the man page for more details.
> On my Solaris 8 system:-
> #isainfo -b
> 64
> #isainfo -v
> 64-bit sparcv9 applications
> 32-bit sparc applications
> Hope this helps.
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> >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:09:39 -0500
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> >Hi Gurus,
> >
> >I have a small question and i feel shy to ask but it's very 
> important to me
> >and i cannot figure out HOW I GET TO KNOW WHICH OS (BIT) WE 
> ARE USING,
> >EITHER IT IS 32 BIT OR 64 BIT???
> >
> >Please let me know how i can find out????
> >
> >I m using the following version :
> >
> ># uname -i
> >SUNW,Ultra-5_10
> ># uname -a
> >SunOS tweety 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
> >#
> >
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Sami
> >
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