From: xmldojo@hotmail.com
Date: Sat Nov 30 2002 - 15:25:06 EST
FYI, I found the answer to my question the other day.
Q5. How do I configure the system to boot a 64-bit kernel?
If the system's hardware and software support 64-bit, the system will by
default boot the 64-bit kernel. The OBP boot-file parameter will by default
be set to a null value. boot-file may also be set to "kernel/sparcv9/unix".
Check the boot-file variable by using either the Solaris eeprom command or
the OBP setenv command.
eeprom: Login as root and use the eeprom command:
# /usr/sbin/eeprom | grep boot-file
If the output from the eeprom command is either:
boot-file: data not available
or
boot-file=kernel/sparcv9/unix
then the system is configured to boot the 64-bit kernel. The boot-file does
not have to be set to kernel/sparcv9/unix. A null value works.
If the output from the eeprom command came back as:
kernel/unix
then the system is configured to boot a 32-bit kernel. Set the boot-file to
either null or "kernel/sparcv9/unix"
/usr/sbin/eeprom boot-file=""
or
/usr/sbin/eeprom boot-file="kernel/sparcv9/unix"
setenv: From the system's OBP OK> prompt, use the printenv command to check
the boot-file parameter and if necessary use the setenv or set-default
commands to set the 64-bit kernel:
OK> printenv boot-file
OK> setenv boot-file kernel/sparcv9/unix
or
OK> set-default boot-file
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----- Original Message -----
From: <xmldojo@hotmail.com>
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:51 PM
Subject: Solaris 9, change from 32bit to 64bit?
> I know I have seen this posted before, but I lost my archive. Could
someone
> repost which files I need to edit to make my system be 64bit? I have an
> Ultra 5 with Solaris 5.9.
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