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

[Sašo Kiselkov]

Sorry, I noticed that my post is irrelevant, I only skimmed your e-mail.
If the ISO or USB installer only include the 32-bit kernel, then you
cannot by definition boot into 64-bit mode (since there's no 64-bit
kernel to load).

Also, why would you want to boot the installer in 64-bit mode? The
functionality of either kernel is identical. It's the performance that
differs in 32/64-bit and that isn't really a concern for the *installer*
image.

Cheers,
--
Saso

On 02/06/2013 09:24 AM, 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.
> 
> 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 ? 
> How to change the GRUB startup manually to point to 64-bit kernel ?
> Or it is possible to make oi-dev-151a7-live-x86.iso bootable on an usb device ?
> 
> The ISO file oi-dev-151a7-live-x86.iso contains a directory /platform/ipc86/kernel/amd64/. 
> So i can change the grub startup to load the 64-bit kernel if installing openindiana in a virtual machine.
> 
> On oi-dev-151a7-ai-x86.usb there are only 32-bit kernel available and I can't choose the 64-bit kernel for startup.
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