Thanks very much Kunal for your reply ! > > I am still not sure if this means that if one has 8GB of RAM, for > example, in the machine Belenix can use all of it ? > > Sincerely, > Prof Edwin > (email:linuxkudos at gmail.com <email%3Alinuxkudos at gmail.com>)
> > On 12/12/09, kunal ghosh <kunal.t2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > BeleniX is not 32Bit. OpenSolaris runs by default in mixed mode. > > 64Bit kernel and 32Bit + 64Bit userland. This confuses many people. > > Running isainfo -v will show the bitness of the kernel and userland. > > > > In userland side 64Bit versions are used where it makes sense or is > > required. The 32Bit support is retained more for compatibility, > portability > > reasons. Check these documents: > > > http://docsun.cites.uiuc.edu/sun_docs/C/solaris_9/SUNWdev/SOL64TRANS/p4.html#CHAPTER1-1 > > > http://docsun.cites.uiuc.edu/sun_docs/C/solaris_9/SUNWdev/SOL64TRANS/p5.html > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM, kunal ghosh <kunal.t2 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> The prof who had come to our stall at Foss.in > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: kudos linux <linuxkudos at gmail.com> > >> Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:06 AM > >> Subject: Re: Thanks for your suggestions > >> To: kunal ghosh <kunal.t2 at gmail.com> > >> > >> > >> Dear Kunal, > >> > >> Thanks for your e-mail. I am happy that we could interact at Foss.IN > >> > >> I looked at Belenix once again. One thing is that it is 32 bit as far > >> as I can make out. A 64 bit version would avail more useable memory if > >> it is present. That is one thought. > >> > >> Regarding remastering it really could allow each user to create > >> his/her distro that is needed rather than trying to provide "the one > >> perfect distro-for-all". > >> > >> Surely, Belenix has gone a long way to helping people appreciate Open > >> Solaris and I am sure that this will continue. > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> Prof Edwin > >> > >> On 12/5/09, kunal ghosh <kunal.t2 at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> hello Prof. Edwin, > >>> thanks for interacting with the Belenix User's group members and > sharing > >>> your ideas about features to be incorporated into belenix.(ie the live > >>> remastering of belenix iso) > >>> we will inform as some progress happens in this direction. > >>> > > [...] > > Regards, > > Moinak. > > -- > > ================================ > > http://www.belenix.org/ > > http://moinakg.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > > > -- > > regards > > ------- > > Kunal Ghosh > > BE 5th semester > > Dept of Computer Sc. & Engineering. > > Sir MVIT > > Bangalore,India > > > > Quote: > > "Ignorance is not a sin, the persistence of ignorance is" > > -- > > "If you find a task difficult today, you'll find it difficult 10yrs later > > too !" > > ----- > > "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail" > > > > Blog:kunalghosh.wordpress.com > > Website:www.kunalghosh.net46.net > > V-card:http://tinyurl.com/86qjyk > > > -- regards ------- Kunal Ghosh BE 5th semester Dept of Computer Sc. & Engineering. Sir MVIT Bangalore,India Quote: "Ignorance is not a sin, the persistence of ignorance is" -- "If you find a task difficult today, you'll find it difficult 10yrs later too !" ----- "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail" Blog:kunalghosh.wordpress.com Website:www.kunalghosh.net46.net V-card:http://tinyurl.com/86qjyk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/attachments/20091214/0a9bef10/attachment.html>
