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> size="2">When I run "uname -a" it
> says:</font></div>
> <div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">SunOS
> hostname 5.10 Generic_137138-09 i86pc i386
> i86pc</font></div>
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> <div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">In the
> past, I've seen the system say "x86_64"
> when you're 64bit. And I've also seen it say
> "32bit" when you're 32bit. But now it
> says nothing, so I'm left confused.</font></div>
Actually, that above, "i386 i86pc i386" is the standard string as returned by
Solaris.
"i86pc" platform contains both "i386" and "amd64" ISAs, which is why it is
technically incorrect to refer to Solaris on the i86pc platform as "Solaris
x86", because that would mean 32-bit Solaris only.
Further, you should not be concerned about whether your OS is 32- or 64-bit,
since Solaris runs BOTH at the same time, transparently.
If your hardware is 64-bit capable and you haven't explicitly forced booting of
a 32-bit kernel in GRUB, Solaris will automatically be in 64-bit mode, while
still being able to execute 32-bit applications transparently; in fact, most
binaries will still be 32-bit, even though the system would be running a 64-bit
kernel!
However, if you really want to know, all you have to run is:
isainfo -vk
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