This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA9B.BE396040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I got lots of responses promptly. Thanks for following people who offered me kindly helps: Christophe Dupre Henrik Mortensen Jona Sperty Ray McCaffity Angel R Rivera Mark McManus John Martinez Scott Kulp Farzad Hejazi Don Harris All people agree that 64 bit is suported because the processor is UltraSPARC I. Most people believe that I need to reinstall the Solaris 2.8 if 64bit mode is not installed in the first place. Some think no reinstallation is needed. All agree that /platform/sun4u/boot.conf file need to be edited to uncomment "ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC1_CPU=true". Since I don't have many application installed yet, to play safe, I reinstalled Solaris 2.8 and edited the boot.conf file. Now when I run "isainfo -v" and get the following output: 64-bit sparcv9 applications 32-bit sparc applications Thanks again for the helps. Eddie > -----Original Message----- > From: Eddie Li > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM > To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org' > Subject: 64 bit Solaris 2.8 > > Dear Manager, > > I have a Ultra 1 machine with UltraSPARC 143MHz processor, and want to > install Solaris 2.8 on it. Here are my questions: > > 1. is the processor a SPARC V9 64-bit UltraSPARC processor? How can find > it out? > 2. I installed 32 bits Solaris 2.8 on it because the firmware was 3.1.1. > Now I updated the firmware to 3.25.0 and want to use 64bits Solaris 2.8. > Do I need to reinstall from the scratch? > > Thanks. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA9B.BE396040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2652.35"> <TITLE>SUMMARY: 64 bit Solaris 2.8</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I got lots of responses promptly. = Thanks for following people who offered me kindly helps:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Christophe Dupre</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Henrik Mortensen</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Jona Sperty</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Ray McCaffity</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Angel R Rivera</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mark McManus</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">John Martinez</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Scott Kulp</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Farzad Hejazi</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Don Harris</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">All people agree that 64 bit is = suported because the processor is UltraSPARC I.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Most people believe that I need to = reinstall the Solaris 2.8 if 64bit mode is not installed in the first = place. Some think no reinstallation is needed. All agree that = /platform/sun4u/boot.conf file need to be edited to uncomment = "ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC1_CPU=3Dtrue".</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Since I don't have many application = installed yet, to play safe, I reinstalled Solaris 2.8 and edited the = boot.conf file. Now when I run "isainfo -v" and get the = following output:</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">64-bit sparcv9 applications</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">32-bit sparc applications</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks again for the helps.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Eddie</FONT> </P> <UL> <P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Eddie Li </FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">Subject: </FONT>= </B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">64 bit Solaris 2.8</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Dear Manager,</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I have a Ultra 1 machine with = UltraSPARC 143MHz processor, and want to install Solaris 2.8 on it. = Here are my questions:</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">1. is the processor a SPARC V9 64-bit = UltraSPARC processor? How can find it out?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">2. I installed 32 bits Solaris 2.8 on = it because the firmware was 3.1.1. Now I updated the firmware to 3.25.0 = and want to use 64bits Solaris 2.8. Do I need to reinstall from the = scratch?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks.</FONT> </P> </UL> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA9B.BE396040--Received on Thu Jun 21 22:47:18 2001
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