Hi All,

I have problem installing solaris 8(64 bit)kernel on my sparc station
5 ( 90MHz processor with 256MB RAM) box. It is installing 32bit
kernel. Can anybody suggest me why this is happening even after giving
a couple of attempts.

Is there any restriction on operating system supporting (32bit /
64bit) depending on the type of hardware used.


TIA
sowmya

In article <1448344f.0402181351.523af501@posting.google.com>,
soundarya <sowmya70@rediffmail.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have problem installing solaris 8(64 bit)kernel on my sparc station
>5 ( 90MHz processor with 256MB RAM) box. It is installing 32bit
>kernel. Can anybody suggest me why this is happening even after giving
>a couple of attempts.
>
>Is there any restriction on operating system supporting (32bit /
>64bit) depending on the type of hardware used.
>
>TIA
>sowmya

A sparc station 5 can not run in 64 bits.  An Ultra 5 should be able to
run in 64 bits.
-- 
Tom Schulz
schulz@adi.com

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, soundarya wrote:

> I have problem installing solaris 8(64 bit)kernel on my sparc station
> 5 ( 90MHz processor with 256MB RAM) box. It is installing 32bit
> kernel. Can anybody suggest me why this is happening even after giving
> a couple of attempts.

The SS5, being a sun4m machine, can't run a 64-bit kernel.

> Is there any restriction on operating system supporting (32bit /
> 64bit) depending on the type of hardware used.

Yep.  SPARC-V9 (e.g., UltraSPARC) processors are required to
run a 64-bit kernel.  Note, however, that it is possible to
develop 64-bit applications on a 32-bit kernel - you just
can't test them.

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