SUMMARY:how to force a 32bit installation on sol 2.8

From: Eyal Edri <EEdri_at_lannet.com>
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 04:01:36 EDT
original Q : 

> I have an Ultima 1 station (UltraSparc 200mhz) which apparently supports >
only 32bit mode. 
>Is there away to force a 32bit mode of Sol 2.8 from a jumpstart
installation ? 

OK , 
alot of people answered me and suggested serveral solutions ,
basicly solaris checks teh kernel on every boot and if it doesn't supports
64bit it will boot from 32bit, 
nevertheless , other answers I got were :
 
 1. add the the class file on the jumpstart the line : "isa_bits   32"
 2. some suggested to add to a finish script the eeprom command: 
     eeprom "boot-file=kernel/unix" .
 3. i guess there is a way to upgrade the PROM to support 64bit , but i
havn't 
     tried to do so . 



Best Regards,

Eyal Edri 
Unix System Administrator 
Avaya Communications 

Email  : eedri@lannet.com
Phone & Fax : 972-3-6458487 
 
Received on Thu Jun 21 09:01:36 2001

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