[ug-bosug] Announcing the first of the Open Solaris Rewards Program...

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Dear Ananth,

Thank you so much for the directions and information, I will get to
work on them, possibly with help from Sun.

The offer for roses was directed at girls, and Ananth sounds like a boy's name.

I can come to Bangalore to buy you an ice cream,
in one of those new ice cream parlours, are you in Bangalore ?

The offer is symbolic, I am aware that technical opinion far outweigh
rewards, even if offered in substantial sums of money.

I am in Erode, may come down to Bangalore in about a week's time.. Would
you leave me your mobile number for me to call ?

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
99524 03099
0424 4030334


On 8/6/07, Atishay <Atishayk at sun.com> wrote:
> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> > Thank you Ananth,
> >
> Where is the Reward ;-)  . As a starter,  I  hope you sent a Rose (color
> depends on intimacy  :-P   between you guys) to Ananth on account of
> Happy Friendship Day
>
> > You have sent me a wealth of information which would help me get started ...
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > On 8/4/07, Ananth Shrinivas <Ananth.Shrinivas at sun.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Forgot to mention this excellent series of articles:
> >>
> >> http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris.html
> >> http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_08.html
> >> http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_16.html
> >> http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_19.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ananth
> >>
> >> Ananth Shrinivas wrote:
> >>
> >>> Eric B's series of articles on Unix From Scratch will help you:
> >>> http://blogs.sun.com/eric_boutilier/entry/unix_from_scratch_table_of
> >>>
> >>> As will Shudong Zhou's script to install a minimal Solaris version:
> >>> http://blogs.sun.com/szhou/entry/build_a_minimal_solaris_image
> >>>
> >>> But note that Solaris (atleast Nevada) has changed considerably over
> >>> time and the exact list of packages mentioned by either people might not
> >>> give you a fully bootstrapped system. The essence of the idea is to
> >>> throw away packages you don't need and include ones you need. You need
> >>> to manually figure out that list of packages.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I want to use a hard disk that is 512 MB in size, in total, and  I can be very, very generous and offer one fourth of the
> >>>> hard disk for the operating system.  I will connect this computer to a LCD display.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> If you want to pick up packages from a Standard Solaris 10/SX install media, install it on an alternate root and expect to minimize it to 128 MB of installed space, I *suspect* it might not be possible. But you have the source with you. If you want to manually hack your way through, optimize executables for size over execution efficiency, strip binaries, have a compressed lofi layer (like BeleniX) etc.. it could work out.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Ananth
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> What will do with it ?  I will tell you later.
> >>>>
> >>>> The computer is built with an obsolete processor that I managed to find, with a RAM from yesterday that I managed to find. The processor is a 333 MHz processor and the RAM is DDR I, 256 MB. I wish I could find a 128 MB ram, but I did not find one easily, so the installation task is easier than it was meant to be.
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to use a hard disk that is 512 MB in size, in total, and  I can be very, very generous and offer one fourth of the hard disk for the operating system.  I will connect this computer to a LCD display.
> >>>>
> >>>> I want a browser that will connect to the internet by wire and by WiFi. I want to listen to the audio and music in the websites that I access. If the Webpage requires flash / Active X, my computer should handle it. I am not greedy, I don't want star office, I don't want games and I don't want any other application. A PDF reader perhaps.
> >>>>
> >>>> What components of Solaris would I install and what components would I leave out ?  I learnt that I need  some network components, the display related components, GUI related components...
> >>>>
> >>>> How many from this forum think that it is possible ? And please tell me how.
> >>>>
> >>>> I will buy you an ice cream ( or send you a bunch of roses if you so prefer ) if you send me a list of components to install within that portion of the hard disk that I have set aside for installation.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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