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

Wed Feb 6 09:16:39 UTC 2013

> 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.

Because I have two 2TB disks installed, it is not possible to run the installer. 

If the system comes up I receive the message: Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana     disk has 3907029168 blocks, which is too large for a 32-bit kernel

Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 663010 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1849,1c02 at 1f,2 :
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 761595 kern.info]         SATA disk device at port 0
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 846691 kern.info]         model ST2000DL003-9VT166                      
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 693010 kern.info]         firmware CC3C    
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 163988 kern.info]         serial number             5YD80B37
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 594940 kern.info]         supported features:
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 981177 kern.info]          48-bit LBA, DMA, Native Command Queueing, SMART, SMART self-test
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 643337 kern.info]         SATA Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gbps)
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 349649 kern.info]         Supported queue depth 32
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana sata: [ID 349649 kern.info]         capacity = 3907029168 sectors
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci1849,1c02 at 1f,2/disk at 0,0 (sd2):
Feb  6 09:01:22 openindiana     disk has 3907029168 blocks, which is too large for a 32-bit kernel

The system definitely starts in 32-bit mode.

jack at openindiana:~$ isainfo -v
32-bit i386 applications
	vmx avx xsave pclmulqdq aes sse4.2 sse4.1 ssse3 popcnt tscp ahf cx16 
	sse3 sse2 sse fxsr mmx cmov sep cx8 tsc fpu 
jack at openindiana:~$ uname -a
SunOS openindiana 5.11 oi_151a7 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
jack at openindiana:~$

Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana genunix: [ID 366299 kern.notice] ^MOpenIndiana Build oi_151a7 32-bit (illumos 13815:61cf2631639d)
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana genunix: [ID 107366 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.11 - Copyright 1983-2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana genunix: [ID 864463 kern.notice] All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: lgpg
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: tsc
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: msr
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: mtrr
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: pge
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: de
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: cmov
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: mmx
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: mca
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: pae
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: cv8
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: pat
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sep
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sse
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sse2
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: htt
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sse3
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: cx16
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: cmp
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: tscp
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: mwait
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: cpuid
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: ssse3
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sse4_1
Feb  6 09:01:15 openindiana unix: [ID 223955 kern.info] x86_feature: sse4_2

On 06.02.2013, at 10:02, Sašo Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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