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How to Determine Whether You Are Using the 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel on the Solaris Platform

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TitleHow to Determine Whether You Are Using the 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel on the Solaris Platform
URL Name18879
Article Number000152169
EnvironmentSun Solaris SPARC
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How to determine whether you are using the 32-bit or 64-bit kernel on the Solaris platform.
Is the 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel running on a Solaris Platform prior to OpenEdge Solaris installation?
By default, will a system with Solaris operating environment software installed boot the 32 or 64-bit kernel?
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The following command will show you whether you are running 64 bit kernel on Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 Operating environments:

isainfo -kv

Example:

64-bit sparcv9 kernel modules
32-bit sparc kernel modules

Additional information regarding how to boot 32 and 64 bit kernels:

Most systems are booted with the 64-bit kernel by default.  Those systems with less than 200 Mhz CPUs boot the 32-bit kernel.  The default can be changed by following instructions outlined in the /platform/sun4u/boot.conf file or boot (1M) man page. This should only be done after the flash PROM has been updated and the 64-bit software is installed. For further information please contact your Operating System vendor.
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Last Modified Date9/14/2015 12:00 AM

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