I'm using a Quad-Core Intel(r) Xeon(r) 5300 Series machine. And I can boot up 
64-bit Windows HVM on it.

Best Regards
Jiajun 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Cornell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Sent: 2007年12月6日 11:30
>To: Xu, Jiajun
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] How to enable 64bit solaris guest 
>ontop of solaris dom0
>
>Xu, Jiajun wrote:
>> I am using Solaris 10 U4 08/07. Yes, there is a folder named 
>"/platform/i86pc/kernel". And there are two "unix", one under 
>"/platform/i86pc/kernel", another under 
>"/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64". I think the first "unix" is 
>for 32-bit, the one under "amd64" folder is for 64-bit. So I 
>tried to boot the 64-bit kernel by adding 
>"/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix" to grub. But after Guest 
>load kernel, it will panic and prompt "panic: cannot open 
>/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix". 
>> When I boot from "/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix", Guest can 
>boot into 32-bit mode successfullly.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Jiajun 
>>
>>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: James Cornell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>> Sent: 2007年12月5日 16:21
>>> To: Xu, Jiajun
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] How to enable 64bit solaris guest 
>>> ontop of solaris dom0
>>>
>>> Sorry about giving you the wrong path, I'm not on a Solaris 
>box right  
>>> now, what's in /platform, /platform/i86pc/boot and /platform/i86pc/ 
>>> kernel (Are they directories?) the actual kernel should be called  
>>> 'unix' and you could run file on it to see what it was 
>built against,  
>>> but that's with Solaris 10, I haven't poked around with the 
>kernel on  
>>> Nevada, it might be contained completely in the boot_archive, 
>>> doubt it  
>>> though.  You should be able to specify kernel /path/to/unix 
>directly.
>>>
>>> As for Solaris 10, I'd go with the most current, being U4 
>08/07, but  
>>> have U3 handy if things quirk.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>     
>>>> James,
>>>> There is no "amd64" folder under my /plaftorm/i86pc/.
>>>> ##########
>>>> bash-3.00# ls /platform/i86pc/
>>>> biosint       boot          boot_archive  kernel        multiboot
>>>> ##########
>>>> BTW, what's Solaris version should I install as HVM? Is there any  
>>>> issue w/ specific Solaris version?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> Jiajun
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: James Cornell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Sent: 2007年12月5日 10:50
>>>>> To: Xu, Jiajun
>>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] How to enable 64bit solaris guest
>>>>> ontop of solaris dom0
>>>>>
>>>>> Solaris determines host capabilities for 64-bit mode on boot.
>>>>> But I should make it clear that it choses different 
>kernels when it
>>>>> determines which one to use, specifying the direct path 
>to the AMD64
>>>>> kernel would force it to boot the 64-bit kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe the desired files are located in 
>>>>>         
>>> /platform/i86pc/amd64 just
>>>     
>>>>> update the menu.lst with the exact path to the kernel and  
>>>>> boot_archive.
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:29 PM, Xu, Jiajun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>> <menu.lst>
>>>>>>           
>Simple tests are ran to determine the correct kernel to boot, and in
>this instance, the BIOS is telling the bootstrapper that it's only
>capable of 32-bit mode, so it won't work with the 64-bit kernel as you
>have reported. Could you tell me what kind of processor you have, the
>BIOS revision/vendor, and the motherboard. On this mailinglist, others
>have noted that HVM mode is not capable of booting into 64-bit mode in
>some instances, this looks like the case.
>
>James
>
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