andy thomas wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, andrew wrote:
>
>>> In the past I have successfully installed earlier
>>> versions of Opensolaris
>>> on Sun Ultra 5's with 512 MB or less installed memory
>>> from a CD but from
>>> 2009.06, only the AI method is supported which
>>> apparently requires at
>>> least 1 GB of memory. 512 MB is the maximum memory
>>> supported on Ultra 5/10
>>> systems so how is one supposed to install 2009.06 or
>>> even 2010.03?
>>
>> Actually the maximum memory on these systems in 1GB.
>
> You're right! Not sure where I got the idea 512 MB was the limit but
> I'll try and upgrade one of the Ultra 5's.
If I remember correctly, the Ultra 5 limit of 512MB was if you had the
floppy drive or some other piece of hardware installed that blocked
access to the rest of the DIMM slots. I'm sure there's details online
somewhere.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- [email protected]
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
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