HP-UX 11on K460

[Guest_imported]

I have a K460 (it was originally a K410 and later upgraded to a K460) that I'm trying to upgrade to 11 from 10.20. I'm trying to load it as 64 bit but not having any luck. It shows a hardware fault and hangs when it tries to start the 11 kernel. I tried reloading the OS twice with the same result. I then tried it 32 bit and it came up with no problem. Everything I've seen says that the 460 should be able to run 64 bit, but this one doesn't want to. Is the fact that the box is an upgraded K460 what's causing the problem, or am I doing something wrong? Any advise will be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[dobbyn]

How was the machine upgraded? And what is the current output from the "model" command?

64-bit support depends on the CPU chip type in the box. Unless the actual CPUs were replaced, the K410 did not support 64-bit.

From the output of the model command, you should be able to look up your chip type in the sched.models file, found somewhere under /usr (varies depending on machine - try doing "find /usr -name sched.models&quot. If chip type is below 2.0 - PA8000, it won't support 64-bit.

 

[Guest_imported]

Model indicates a K460/889, which sched.models shows as having 2.0 PA8000s. I tried an Ignite print_manifest and it shows a hardware capability of 32/64 bit. Any other suggestions on why it won't run 64 bit? Thanks.

 

[dobbyn]

My only other guess would be that some hardware other than the chips (memory bus, etc.) is not supporting 64-bit.

 

[greenpau]

'getconf HW_32_64_CAPABLE' will show whether your processor is 64-bit capable or not.

 

[Guest_imported]

Someone told me that 64 bit requires a minimum of 4GB of RAM. Can anyone confirm this (our system has 2GB)?

 

[Guest_imported]

How can I tell whether my hp unix system running 11.0 is 32 bit or 64bit?

 

[Guest_imported]

hi,

try this... k460 is 64 bit supported if you more this file you can see the list of hardware that are supported...

# more /etc/.supported_bits

I think the problem is, when the upgrade the system to k460. the engineer that upgrade it forgot to change the machine identification number.

if you run...

# uname -i

i think he need to change it to run on 64bits.

good luck...