Contains a single fileset. On systems with hardware that supports 64-bit, installation of this fileset will enable the AIX Operating System to execute 64-bit applications.
bos.64bit
The BOS 64-Bit software package requires approximately .4 megabytes of disk space.
Requisite software must be installed before or with the filesets you are installing from this package.
| Fileset you are installing | Requisite Software |
| bos.64bit | bos.rte 4.3 |
There is no reason to install this fileset on systems with only 32-bit hardware support. On such systems, AIX cannot be enabled to run 64-bit applications.
After installing this fileset, the system will need to be rebooted to utilize the 64-bit capability. The /etc/inittab file will be altered to load the 64-bit kernel extension each time the system boots.
This fileset is new to AIX 4.3 and cannot be migrated from earlier releases.