Rainer Heilke wrote:
>>> Seems odd that I can install OS on a Sun Blade 100 with 512MB RAM
>>> in full graphical mode, but can't even get the text mode to work
>>> on an x86 system with the same amount of memory...
>> Most of the difference is directly due to running the miniroot out
>> of a ramdis
> Yes, it's all about the boot architecture. SPARC
> will be doing
> something similar in the not-too-distant future.
So, the plans are to make the SPARC version need more memory as well? Sorry,
but this seems a step backwards to me.
> It's possible we can reduce it, but it requires some actua
In looking through the Ubuntu graphical install (targeting novices, I think),
it looks like there are very few pieces of information explicitly asked for:
Language (e.g. English)
Keyboard layout (e.g. US)
Timezone (e.g. Americas/Los Angeles)
Long name (e.g. Mickey Mouse)
Login name (e.g. 'mmouse
Peter,
Peter Tribble wrote:
> Glenn,
>
> This note is to announce the new Solaris Package Companion project
>> page (child of the SVR4 packaging project page) at:
>>
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/svr4_packaging/package_companion/
>>
>> Check it out to get all of the latest and greates
Rainer Heilke wrote:
>> There is a secondary check for free virtual memory, of which we
>> need 128 MB for the GUI, or 96 MB just to run the window system.
>> Lots of things can affect free virtual memory, and more devices is
>> certainly one possibility. You should still be able to run the
>> t
> > Seems odd that I can install OS on a Sun Blade 100
> > with 512MB RAM in full graphical mode, but can't even get the text
> > mode to work on an x86 system with the same amount of memory...
>
> Most of the difference is directly due to running the
> miniroot out of a ramdisk rather than directl
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
>> On x86, 400 MB is the minimum to run the window system on the miniroot;
>> running the GUI installer under Java takes us up to about 500 MB as the
>> minimum right now. Much of that excess space is a result of needing to
>> unpack it onto the in-memory miniroot r
Rainer Heilke wrote:
> There actually seems to be something more going on to bump this
> memory requirement up. I just tried installing Nevada 44 on a 512MB
> system, and all three options are giving me "error 28: cannot fit
> into memory" (or something close to that) when trying to load the
> mini
> There is a secondary check for free virtual memory,
> of which we need 128
> MB for the GUI, or 96 MB just to run the window
> system. Lots of things
> can affect free virtual memory, and more devices is
> certainly one
> possibility. You should still be able to run the
> text installer in
> Nice, thoughtful, post. Thanks.
Agreed. Thank you, James.
> Absolutely true. For now, we're certainly not
> competing with the
> Windows market for most cases, and we're expecting a
> more technically
> savvy audience.
Nod.
> > To suggest that the overall quality of Solaris
> could in some wa
>On x86, 400 MB is the minimum to run the window system on the miniroot;
>running the GUI installer under Java takes us up to about 500 MB as the
>minimum right now. Much of that excess space is a result of needing to
>unpack it onto the in-memory miniroot rather than running it off of
>media
James,
Nice, thoughtful, post. Thanks. I think that you very accurately summarize
the current situation...and the thinking that got us to where we are.
James C. Cotillier wrote:
> OS install experiences typically are targeted to the greatest common
> denominator in technical expertise, across
Hi,
when I try to install on my pc Opensolaris the installer and the end ask me
Language CD. Where I can download?
Bye
Luigi
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