Dana H. Myers wrote: > Hello Ron, > >> 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. > > [ opensolaris-arc is not really the right alias for a question like this; > I'd suggest opensolaris-discuss might be more appropriate. ] > > Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernels are installed on x86 systems; systems > that are 64-bit capable will boot the 64-bit kernel by default after > installation. > You can override this; have a look at section 4.2 of: > > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boot_solaris.html > > Cheers, > Dana > dana.myers at sun.com
And, certainly, we'd be interested in much more discussion of what "not as stable" means.
