Hi Edd.
> Hi there, > > I tried installing build 82 on my ultra 10 (my "wingman" box), which I had > previously been running OpenBSD on (but with unaccelerated X). The machine > has 256 MB of ram, which I assumed would be plenty, however the installer > dies in an endless loop telling me it is out of swap, which I assume is in > RAM at this stage. > > Firstly, have I diagnosed the problem correctly? > Seems like it. What flavor of the installer did you choose? GUI, text, text console? Or were you using jumpstart? > If so, > > I have had solaris 10 on this box with no problems before, how comes the > installer requires more ram all of a sudden? I think asking 256 MB of ram for > an OS install is a bit harsh. I suppose this will be solved when the slim > installer is introduced? > There have been new things added to the installer that require more ram. I don't think we support 256M of RAM any longer with any choice. Regards, sarah **** > Regarding the creator/elite3d card which OpenBSD does not currently > accelerate due to to lack of drivers; Was this driver open-sourced along with > solaris? Is there some documentation on how these cards work? I believe they > require some sort of firmware to be uploaded to them before they can operate > in accelerated mode. > > Thanks for your time. > > Best Regards > > Edd > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss >
