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

[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 sound.  It just works.[1]
>>
>> I burned the snv_64a DVD and discovered that the 512MB of RAM was no
>> longer reasonable for the installer.
>>
>> I'm shocked.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> I'll guess 1GB RAM, 18GB of disk, 100Mb/sec ethernet and a 1GHz proc.
>>
>
> As has been repeatedly discussed here,

sorry, missed that .. the S/N ratio here can often be ... well you know.

> 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.
>
> I think you'll find the system to be quite usable w/ 512MB, but
> heavy users will want more to prevent paging...

About all this box does is run a browser and not much else anymore.
Oh, and software tests and some odd jobs.  I was simply caught off guard and
perhaps I did the install wrong. I inserted the DVD, rebooted and walked
away. I figured that when I returnm I'll see the familiar locale selection
option screen.  Not so.

Perhaps I'll take another look but I'll stay planted in my seat for the long
boring reboot process of this machine.  Then I'll see what GRUB has to say.

Any plans to look at GRUB2 ?  Just a question in passing.

Dennis