oops meant that to go the the list as well ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Dickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 30, 2005 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Installation Issues on Pentium III 128 MB PC To: Ashish Banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 10/30/05, Ashish Banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have downloaded the Open Solaris (Solaris Express Build 24, CD 1, English > for x86 platforms). I have trouble installing Open Solaris on my pentium > III, ~ 128 MB system. > > I already had Linux Fedora core 2 installed on this system previuosly and had > also once successfully installed Solaris 9 installed on the same system. > > The Fedora Info Center reported that the Total Physical memory is 123.18 MB. > > When I try to boot form the 1st install CD of Open Solaris, it displays a > console which says "GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower/ 129024K upper memory)" > and there are three options. I have tried all options, one after the other > and get the same result. > It give a message "Booting 'Solaris' " and the third line reads > module /boot/x86.miniroot and displays a few dots. > Thereafter it says > [b]Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory[/b] Solaris express and opensolaris currently require 256MB of ram for install... after that it will run in less... but because of the way grub works duing the install it needs 256, you can use solaris 10 i think, but for now your out of luck with opensolaris/solaris express. James Dickens uadmin.blogspot.com > > Could anyone help me with how to install Open Solaris on this machine without > enhancing the memory? > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
