> On x86, 400 MB is the minimum to run the window > system on the miniroot; > running the GUI installer under Java takes us up to > about 500 MB as the > minimum right now. <snip> > We could do things to lower > the memory > requirements, but they'd require more extensive > re-engineering of the > current miniroot and product structure, and at this > point they haven't > been judged to be cost-effective.
That's too bad--it eliminates a lot of older hardware from installing OS from the CD/DVD media. That, in turn, can turn a lot of (new, potential) people away from OS. If people can run a fully operational install of, say, SUSE, and the same hardware can't even _install_ OS, what kind of message does that send them? :-( Rainer This message posted from opensolaris.org
