[SunHELP] How to run 64 Bits OS ?

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Sun Aug 5 16:35:00 CDT 2001


On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Greg wrote:

> Read and understand /platform/sun4u/boot.conf then make the indicated
> change.  If you allow untrusted users to execute arbitrary programs on that
> machine you may not want to enable the 64-bit kernel as there exists the
> potential of them hanging the machine if they decide to be malicious (or
> just deviously playful).

Is the code sequence to hang an UltraSparc-I in 64-bit mode
publically known?  The TurboSparc hang is well documented but I have not
seen mention of the US-I hang outside of Sun (including the UltraSparc
errata).

-James




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