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I have a system with a 64bit SPARC processor. Does the 32bit installation for Solaris 10 support such a system?
MattUebel
Posted 2010-11-05T20:10:28.053
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Is it possible to install 32bit Solaris10 on a 64bit SPARC system?
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Only if the 32-bit Solaris 10 has a 64-bit kernel.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Posted 2010-11-05T20:10:28.053
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so a 64 bit kernel is necessary, but you can have a 32 bit runtime? – MattUebel – 2010-11-05T20:25:17.560
Correct. This is how it's done on other operating systems such as Linux. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2010-11-05T20:27:10.780
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There is no 32-bit installation for Solaris 10 on SPARC. There is a single unified installation that provides a 64-bit kernel, and the ability to run both 32-bit & 64-bit userspace programs. Solaris 10 dropped support for pre-64-bit SPARC CPU's, since SPARCs have been 64-bit since 1995.
alanc
Posted 2010-11-05T20:10:28.053
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Which processor? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2010-11-05T20:12:23.053
UltraSPARC-IIIi – MattUebel – 2010-11-05T20:14:46.450