Xu, Jiajun wrote: > Nils, > Do you mean I can boot up a 64-bit HVM Solaris by editing the menu.lst? I > installed a Solaris 10 U4 HVM and it's installed as 32-bit by default. Seems > in menu.lst, there is no $ISALIST. I attached my menu.lst file. Could you > help to have a look and tell me any hints to boot into 64-bit mode? > Thanks a lot.
There's a bug in the current release where 64-bit support is not correctly detected in Solaris on HVM. This is fixed in the 3.1.2 bits. You should able able to modify the menu.lst entry by adding the amd64 entries in and boot a 64-bit Solaris HVM domain. MRJ > Best Regards > Jiajun > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nils >> Nieuwejaar >> Sent: 2007年12月4日 3:47 >> To: Boris Derzhavets >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] How to enable 64bit solaris guest >> ontop of solaris dom0 >> >> On Mon 12/03/07 at 08:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> A proper virt-install command will create:- >>> 1. SNV 76 PVM 64-bit >>> 2. SNV 76 or Solaris 10 (08/07) U4 HVM 32-bit >> Solaris doesn't install as 32-bit or 64-bit - it is a boot >> time decision. >> Even if you are running in 32-bit mode when you install a domU >> (or a dom0, >> for that matter), the resulting domain will be capable of booting into >> either 32-bit or 64-bit mode. >> >> PV domains will boot into whichever mode dom0 is running. This is a >> limitation imposed by the Xen 3.0.4 hypervisor. >> >> If your dom0 is booted into 32-bit mode, HVM domains must also >> be booted as >> 32-bit. >> >> If your dom0 is booted into 64-bit mode, you can boot HVM >> domains as either >> 32-bit or 64-bit. By default, Solaris will boot into 32-bit >> mode in an HVM >> environment due to the way Xen reports CPU capabilities to >> GRUB. If you >> want to boot a 64-bit HVM domain, you will have to edit your >> menu.lst file. >> Simply replace each '$ISALIST' with 'amd64', and you should be all set. >> >> Nils >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xen-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xen-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
