Bernd Schemmer writes: > I'm running OpenSolaris on a T61p with 64 Bit CPUs. Sometimes I need a > 32 Bit OpenSolaris instance (e.g. to compile 32 Bit binaries without > changing the make files). I can do this with either rebooting into 32 > Bit or within a VirtualBox /QEMU virtual machine but it would be more > elegant to use Zones for this task. > > Can this be done (I did not find a solution in the docs ...)?
I'm not sure it makes sense. First of all, individual processes are either 32-bit or 64-bit. It's perfectly normal to run 32-bit processes on a 64-bit kernel, and to run them side-by-side with 64-bit processes. Secondly, it's the kernel itself that's uniquely either 32-bit or 64-bit on a given system. There's only one kernel for all of the zones, so there's no way to run a 32-bit kernel for just one zone. In fact, we generally build our 32-bit kernels and user space on 64-bit systems. Building there works fine; special 32-bit systems aren't needed (and aren't even possible with SPARC). What exactly are you trying to do, and why won't it work on a regular 64-bit kernel? Do you just want to limit the output of 'isainfo', or is there something more to it? -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carl...@sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
