[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to boot oi-dev-151a7-ai-x86.usb inot 64-Bit mode ?

[Ian Collins]

x11max Unitymedia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my problem is, that it is not possible to boot oi-dev-151a7-ai-x86.usb into 64-bit mode on the system I would like running openindiana on.
> It comes up in 32-bit mode only.
>
> On the download site there is a hint:
>
> All downloads support both 32-bit and 64-bit processors. 64-bit mode is automatically selected if at least 900 megabytes of memory (RAM) are available.

The installed OS that is.

> I have 16G RAM installed, so more than 900 megabytes of memory are availale, but openindiana always boot in 32-bit mode.
> Because I have two 2TB disks installed, it is not possible to run the installer.
>
> My system information:
>
> Asrock Z68 Pro3-M Sockel 1155 Mainboard (Micro ATX, Intel Z68, 4x DDR3 Speicher, 2x USB 3.0)
> Intel Core i7-2700K Quad-Core Prozessor Boxed 3,5GHz, Sockel 1155, 8MB Cache
> 16GB RAM
> 2TB Disks
>
> My question now is how to run the usb installer in 64-bit mode ?

Why would you want to?

> How to change the GRUB startup manually to point to 64-bit kernel ?

The installed OS will boot 64 bit.

-- 
Ian.