Glenn Lagasse wrote: > Hi Leo, > > * Leo (yo at elopio.net) wrote: > >> Good morning. >> >> I've just downloaded open solaris 2008.5 (all languages). When I boot >> from the CD, it starts loading but freezes on "probing device nodes." >> >> It's not the same as coolguy3's problem >> (http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=235715) because it >> never gets to a prompt. I just have 256 MB of RAM, is that the >> problem? >> > > I'm not sure that your memory size is the cause of the issue you're > seeing, but I can tell you that you need a minimum of 512 MB of > dedicated ram in order to install. 2008.05 doesn't support lower memory > systems at this point (which may or may not change). > > It is likely a memory issue. The Gnome desktop cannot come up since there is not enough memory. We should do a better job of notifying the users when we believe they do not have the minimum required memory to boot the livecd. Not sure if we have a bug open on this issue or not, but I will check and file one if we don't.
thanks, sarah **** > Cheers, > > Glenn > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > >
