> > Seems odd that I can install OS on a Sun Blade 100 > > with 512MB RAM in full graphical mode, but can't even get the text > > mode to work on an x86 system with the same amount of memory... > > Most of the difference is directly due to running the > miniroot out of a ramdisk rather than directly off the media.
So, on SPARC, the miniroot runs off of the CD, but on x86, it loads into a ramdisk? Do I understand your statement correctly? Why the difference? Is this due to GRUB requirements? If I [i]have[/i] understood the statement correctly, then the installer is problematic for exactly those people that would most likely be one of our new target audiences; that is, users trying OS out on an older spare x86 system. Is there a way around this? It also means that people like me (experienced, wanting to build a system for someone else) are also toast. I [i]really[/i] don't want to load some Linux variant on this system, because I would then have to build and support something I don't even use myself. :-( (I also don't want to spend $$ on memory for a system I am giving away.) Rainer This message posted from opensolaris.org
