[SunHELP] Netra X1 to 32-bit mode

[Greg]

Edward Chase wrote:

> We've recently bought a Netra X1 to be a log server for our firewall.  
> Unfortunately we found that Checkpoint Firewall-1 v4.1 does not support 
> the preloaded Solaris 2.8

 >

> We have been told unofficially that others are running their log servers 
> on Solaris 2.8 machines, however the machine has to be running in 32-bit 
> mode.


That only works on platforms that can run 32-bit kernels which
pretty much excludes all of the new machines.

> How do I fireup the Netra X1 into "32-bit mode"?


You can't, Sun does not support 32-bit kernels on new
platforms.  According to Checkpoint's web page the current
version will work with 64-bit kernels, try that instead.

   http://www.checkpoint.com/products/firewall-1/sysrequire.html

-greg