SUMMARY: Upgrading Sol8 (core) to Sol8 (core) 64bit

Hello all,

thanks a lot for the responses. It was suggested that the way to
upgrade an existing 32bit Solaris 8 system was to install the missing
64bit packages from the installation CD.

George


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:56:52 -0400 (EDT), George Kahler <george@yorku.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
> should it be possible to "upgrade" Sol8 10/01 to Sol 8 10/01 64bit ?
> When I boot the installation CD the only options I get is the
> following. There is no "Upgrade" option, only the "Standard" which I
> think will overwrite the existing system.
> 
> Thanks,
> George
> 
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> 
> - Solaris Interactive Installation ---------------------------------------------
> 
>   You'll be using the initial option for installing Solaris software on the
>   system. The initial option overwrites the system disks when the new Solaris
>   software is installed.
> 
>   On the following screens, you can accept the defaults or you can customize
>   how Solaris software will be installed by:
> 
>         - Selecting the type of Solaris software to install
>         - Selecting disks to hold software you've selected
>         - Specifying how file systems are laid out on the disks
> 
>   After completing these tasks, a summary of your selections (called a
>   profile) will be displayed.
> 
>   There are two ways to install your Solaris software:
> 
>    - "Standard" installs your system from a standard Solaris Distribution.
>    - "Flash" installs your system from one or more Flash Archives.
> 
> 
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>      F2_Standard    F4_Flash    F5_Exit    F6_Help
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