Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
>> sorry, missed that .. the S/N ratio here can often be ... well you know. > You could help that by having installation-related conversations on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] oops .. sorry .. away I go to the correct maillist :-\ dc ___ opensolaris-discuss mai

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dave Miner
Dennis Clarke wrote: Dennis Clarke wrote: I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI controllers, terribly simple graphic

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> >>I think that the installer will still fail even in text mode. > > 512MB will work. > > Even 256MB works but requires a shrunk miniroot (I generally make one which > is only 64MB in size as opposed to the standard 170MB; the latter gives > precious little room on a 256MB system) > > Casper > s

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >> [...] >> Hello Moinak : >> >>I am working my way through a few Sun blueprint docs and trying to put >> together a small bootable CDROM prototype that will allow me to pkg-get >> all of the rest of the regular SUNW packages as well as a pile of CSW >> packages. I figur

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Moinak Ghosh
Dennis Clarke wrote: [...] Hello Moinak : I am working my way through a few Sun blueprint docs and trying to put together a small bootable CDROM prototype that will allow me to pkg-get all of the rest of the regular SUNW packages as well as a pile of CSW packages. I figure this sort of thing

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> >>I think that the installer will still fail even in text mode. > > 512MB will work. > > Even 256MB works but requires a shrunk miniroot (I generally make one which > is only 64MB in size as opposed to the standard 170MB; the latter gives > precious little room on a 256MB system) 64MB ? perfect

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Casper . Dik
>I think that the installer will still fail even in text mode. 512MB will work. Even 256MB works but requires a shrunk miniroot (I generally make one which is only 64MB in size as opposed to the standard 170MB; the latter gives precious little room on a 256MB system) Casper

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Glenn Lagasse wrote: >> * Dennis Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >>> I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally >>> at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 >>> and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SC

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
>>Am I to understand that the x86 miniroot on there will fill up all of my >>RAM and still need more? Gee. Time for a new machine I guess but this >>one won't die and it runs Solaris 10 just fine. >> >>So then, whats the minimal system spec that Solaris 11 is shooting for? >> > > Solaris 11 stil

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Moinak Ghosh
Glenn Lagasse wrote: * Dennis Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI controllers

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Casper . Dik
>I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally >at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 >and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI >controllers, terribly simple graphics and no sound. It just works.[1] > >I

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> * Dennis Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally >> at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 >> and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI >> controllers, terribl

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Dennis Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally > at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 > and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI > controllers, terribly simpl

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread James Carlson
Bart Smaalders writes: > As has been repeatedly discussed here, the current memory requirements > of the developer release installer are an artifact of its hurried > implementation (eg 2 jvms). This will not continue to be the case. It's also true that it's an artifact of upgrading in the slow a

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >> I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally >> at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 >> and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI >> controllers, terribly simple graphics and no

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Bart Smaalders
Dennis Clarke wrote: I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI controllers, terribly simple graphics and no sound. It ju

[osol-discuss] snv_64a says 768MB RAM to play ?

2007-05-30 Thread Dennis Clarke
I was shocked to see that my old old trusty HP Kayak XU tower was finally at a point where it can not install Solaris. I have run Solaris 8 and 9 and 10 on it for years and years. It has two DVD burners and three SCSI controllers, terribly simple graphics and no sound. It just works.[1] I burned