Leo 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?
>
> My lspci:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI
> bridge (AGP)
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO]
> (rev 25)
> 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller
> (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller
> (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast
> Ethernet (rev 91)
> 00:07.0 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
>
> thanks.
>
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Hi Leo -
You are correct. The minimum is 512mg of RAM. You won't be able to
install with 256.
--
Ginnie
