[osol-discuss] Pentium D Dual Core 64-bit kernel problem
I have just installed nv47 on a new Asus P5WD2-E M/B with Pentium D Dual Core cpu and 975x chipset. The machine boots a 64 bit kernel, which is not as stable as the same OS version on a Intel 32-bit single core machine. Is there a way to 1) force the installation of the 32-bit OS or 2) force the machine to boot the 32-bit kernel? Apparently, the CPU has EM64T support and Solaris sees a 64-bit cpu. I've tried Solaris 10 u2 and Solris 10 9/06 on the new machine with the same, unstable, 64-bit results. Any help is appreciated. At this rate, my older machine is better than the new one. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Pentium D Dual Core 64-bit kernel problem
Hi Ron, Ron Halstead wrote: I have just installed nv47 on a new Asus P5WD2-E M/B with Pentium D Dual Core cpu and 975x chipset. The machine boots a 64 bit kernel, which is not as stable as the same OS version on a Intel 32-bit single core machine. Is there a way to 1) force the installation of the 32-bit OS or 2) force the machine to boot the 32-bit kernel? Apparently, the CPU has EM64T support and Solaris sees a 64-bit cpu. I've tried Solaris 10 u2 and Solris 10 9/06 on the new machine with the same, unstable, 64-bit results. Any help is appreciated. At this rate, my older machine is better than the new one. You can pass kernel/unix as an argument to multiboot in grub, which will cause the 32-bit kernel to boot. It would also be good to know why the 64-bit kernel doesn't seem as stable, as that's something that should be fixed. :) Any information you can provide in a bug report filed at bugs.opensolaris.org would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Eric ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Pentium D Dual Core 64-bit kernel problem
I have just installed nv47 on a new Asus P5WD2-E M/B with Pentium D Dual Core cpu and 975x chipset. The machine boots a 64 bit kernel, which is not as stable as the same OS version on a Intel 32-bi t single core machine. The 32 bit kernel is always installed; it can be booted by adding kernel/unix to the multiboot command in the grub menu. What do you mean by being unstable? What are the problems you are seeing? Why do you expect this to be a property of the 64 bit kernel? The 32 bit and 64 bit kernel are basically same, just compiled with different options. Casper ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
