andrewk9 wrote: > Whoever decided that SXDE was to be the default boot option on the SXCE disk > without warning folk it required more memory ought to be shot. Noobs looking > to try Solaris end up thinking their 512MB system has too little memory to > install Solaris, when this is not the case. > > I propose the following solution: > > 1. Change the default grub boot entry to "Solaris Express" on all SXCE disks. > Leave it as "Solaris Express Developer Edition" on the SXDE disks. > 2. Change "Solaris Express Developer Edition" to read "Solaris Express > Developer Edition - requires 768MB RAM" and change "Solaris Express" to read > "Solaris Express - requires 512MB RAM" > > I cannot believe this has been left for so long! Are we trying to make life > difficult for people??? > > While I agree this isn't good, there is hope in the form of the new installer. With luck, most if not all of the dependency on Java will be removed which will reduce the required memory significantly.
The Studio installer is the main culprit for the excessive SXDE requirement. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
