64 bit mode on on E450 and Sol8 (It now works)
Gary Kakazu
I played around with it, and everything is running fine now. The problem is that the core installation did not install everything necessary to run in 64 bit mode. I reinstalled using the core packages, and the 64 bit kernel was not installed (i.e. there was no /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9 directory). I tried added the 64 bit packages by themselves (SUNWcarx, SUNWcslx, SUNWcsxu), and there was a /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix file. However, when I booted again, I got an error that it could not find the proper boot file (I don't remember the exact verbage), and the only way I could get the machine to come up is using the 32 bit kernel.
I then installed using the next installation group (End User System Support). This did the trick. I was able to install Disksuite, mirror /, and I'm running in 64 bit mode.
Of course, the number of packages went from around 50 to 300, so there is a lot more stuff that comes along which I don't need. If I had more time, I would have tried to find out what was missing from the core group. In general, I would like to install the minimum amount of stuff needed to get a functional system.
Gary
Gary Kakazu wrote:
I just installed Solaris 8 on an E450. After I installed and configured DiskSuite to do mirroring on all drives (including / and /usr), when the machine boots up, it boots in 32 bit mode, (a isainfo -kv returns 32 bit kernel modules)As far as I know, after the initial installation, it was running the 64 bit kernel. It was after I rebooted for DiskSuite, that I noticed it was running in 32 bit mode. Could something in DiskSuite have changed this?
I installed the core configuration (and indicated I wanted the 64 bit support), and added a few packages after that.
How do I get running in 64 bit mode again?
Thanks,
Gary
-- Gary Kakazu Systems Engineer Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, WI 53711 kak...@berbee.com 608.298.1105 Fax 608.288.3007 Berbee...putting the E in business
-- Gary Kakazu Systems Engineer Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, WI 53711 kak...@berbee.com 608.298.1105 Fax 608.288.3007 Berbee...putting the E in business