Sun Solaris Extra Information


StarOffice 5.2:

Instructions, notes are here


For reference, I have included a link to the Solaris ability to set/change Solairs network interface parameters while the system is up. I always had to keep referring to my email for this and finally decided to put it on the web.

These are a few links to some good information on how to cable up a serial console, if you are not using the graphics card, or need to use a remote console solution. Sun Cables and Sun Cables 2


Information on how to find out if Solaris is using/running 32 bit or 64 bit, this is what I have found out....

It seems that the eeprom's "boot-file" variable will tell you what mode you are booting in. If you have 64 bit processor(s) and the "boot-file" variable is either null or set to "kernel/sparcv9/unix", then the machine will run in 64 bit mode. If the processors are not 64 bit, or if the "boot-file" variable is set to "kernel/unix", then the machine will run in 32 bit mode.

So the correct "boot-file" value for 32 bit is "kernel/unix" and for 64 bit would be "kernel/sparcv9/unix". If there is no value configured, it defaults to the processor architecture.

To properly boot the box from one kernel or the other, at the command prompt type the following :

You can also check a running system in other ways. If your system is capable of running 64 bit applications, you can tell with the following command :

isainfo -v

To boot in 32 bit mode, on a default 64 bit machine, from the command line, see above. However, if you are at the Ok prompt, you can also do it by issuing the command "boot kernel/unix" at the OK prompt. Keep in mind that the "boot -s" command will boot into 64 bit mode if possible, so in single user mode, to boot a 32 bit kernel, you need to issue the "boot kernel/unix -s" command at the OK prompt.