Hi, I am a student currently studying compiler technology for my dissertation. I decided to install OpenSolaris on my blade 1000 as a second test bench for my compiler. I have hit problems, which prevented me from running opensolaris:
1) OpenSolaris doesn't run on sparc. Wasn't expecting that... 2) OK, so I can run nevada instead. But you threw away the CD installs. SCSI DVD drives are quite expensive and I sure wont be buying one just to install nevada. Even if I did have a DVD drive, I don't have a burner. I think this is probably the same for many students, we have limited money to spend on hardware. I remember being similarly being upset that I couldn't install solaris on an ultra 10 because the memory requirements were exceptionally demanding, 512MB I think? Just to put this in perspective one of my machines (an embedded box) runs the latest version of OpenBSD (standard install) comfortably with 64MB of RAM on a 1GB CF. This concludes my rant. Sorry OpenSolaris was not suitable for me, I would love to try it some day :( -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
