[rescue] ultra-1 question

[Jeff Workman]

Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as James exclaimed:

> I am trying to start up an ultra I rescued from work.
>
> besides having trouble breaking the root password (I know all roots, but
> this must be one that predates me),  it is complaining that 64bit O/S is
> installed, but 32bit is default for this microprocessor.
>
> boot splash shows ultra-1, 167mhz, 256M dram.
>
> Would this be a 32 bit machine? I thought all ultras were 64 bit.

For whatever reason[1] Sun decided that 32 bit Solaris should be the 
default for the earlier UltraSparc processors.  I think this applies to all 
< 200 Mhz.  see the man page for "boot" if you want to change it.

A lot of the Ultra 1s require a firmware upgrade as well before they can 
run in 64 bit mode.  The boot message should tell you if this is the case, 
though.

-Jeff

[1] I'm sure somebody else on the list can elaborate on this.

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