> One thing I noticed is that the HW platform described
> only has 256MB of memory. When I tried to install an
> OpenSolaris build the other day on a machine with
> 512MB, the install failed due to my machine not
> having enough memory - wanted 796MB or some such.
I always install Solaris in text
UNIX admin wrote:
One thing I noticed is that the HW platform described
only has 256MB of memory. When I tried to install an
OpenSolaris build the other day on a machine with
512MB, the install failed due to my machine not
having enough memory - wanted 796MB or some such.
I always install
On 24/03/07, Moinak Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
UNIX admin wrote:
>> One thing I noticed is that the HW platform described
>> only has 256MB of memory. When I tried to install an
>> OpenSolaris build the other day on a machine with
>> 512MB, the install failed due to my machine not
>> havin
Shawn Walker wrote:
On 24/03/07, Moinak Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
UNIX admin wrote:
>> One thing I noticed is that the HW platform described
>> only has 256MB of memory. When I tried to install an
>> OpenSolaris build the other day on a machine with
>> 512MB, the install failed due to
True.
Slightly OT for this thread, But a good graphical installer increases
the "coolness" factor :) and I believe is quite possible to implement
in 256MB RAM.
Of course it is possible. It can be done in a few KB. It's just that people
have gotten to be brainwashed with all the bloatwa
Because responsible folks don't listen to Moinak Ghosh's Belenix
minimize_Grub_bootImage - approach?
(plus because the previous reliable/fast/memory-saving "suninstall"
installer had to be replaced by whatever thing that somehow needed to be
java based [for whatever marketing reasons], not to
On Saturday 24 March 2007 03:30 am, a b wrote:
> Don't even get me started on Java.
Better yet, don't get yourself started on it.
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>> True.
>> Slightly OT for this thread, But a good graphical installer increases
>> the "coolness" factor :) and I believe is quite possible to implement
>> in 256MB RAM.
>
>Of course it is possible. It can be done in a few KB. It's just that people
>have gotten to be brainwashed with a
but I admit I don't know the technical reasons why we have
the requirements we have today to begin with.
Because responsible folks don't listen to Moinak Ghosh's Belenix
minimize_Grub_bootImage - approach?
The primary requirements are internationalization (only easy for
western alphabets wi
