Hi, V po, 22. 10. 2007 v 21:56, Shawn Walker p??e: > On 22/10/2007, Milan Jurik <Milan.Jurik at sun.com> wrote: > > Hi Dennis, > > > > V po, 22. 10. 2007 v 21:44, Dennis Clarke p??e: > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > Even for SXCE, installing on 256 MB is not successful. It will only > > > > work with 384 MB. > > > > > > > > This is tracked under the following bugid: > > > > > > > > 6548184 - install hangs on 32-bit x86 with 256MB RAM in snv_61/s10u4 > > > > > > I don't understand why that is a bug at all. I don't think there is a > > > scrap of documentation anywhere that says that the user should expect > > > Solaris/SNV/BeleniX/ON-foo to run or install with less than 512MB of RAM. > > > I am of the firm opinion that a user should have 1GB RAM minimum to use > > > Solaris at all. If someone ( like me ) decides to crush Solaris into some > > > microscopic little appliance thing with 64MB of RAM then that is just an > > > experiment ... nothing more. Certainly not supported. > > > > > > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-0157/6nbtrlcbj?l=en > > > > > I think that the docs on this are clear and this bugid 6548184 falls > > > into > > > the area of "not supported and never was". > > > > > > > I doubt anyone is getting that information from there, and I'm fairly > certain the READMEs, etc. contradict it. > > I also think it's problematic that the documentation doesn't specify > *which* release of Solaris Express it applies to. >
Maybe (but I didn't meet README for old installer, or just skipped it) :-) I think the main point of the CR is that just "hang" is bad reaction. And 256MB RAM is really plenty of memory. Best regards, Milan
