On 8/27/07, Glenn Lagasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Dev Mazumdar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Yes I've tried text based install. I verified that 512MB ram is not > > sufficient for B70. > > > > This memory requirement is absolutely unacceptable. > > In the respins for build 70 (70a and 70b) the memory requirement for the > non-developer express install options will revert to 512mb like they > were previously. The developer express option however will not change > from 768mb. At least not in the respins (and likely not until the slim > install project comes along). > > That said, we are aware of the memory requirements and would like to > lower them for the developer express installer if we can. >
A input here: On my celeron 256mb laptop, I had been running B54 SXCE and manually installed sun studio for quite sometime. It used to work beautifully even with the sunpro GUI. Ofcourse doing a full ON build used to turn out to be expensive. I used to install sunpro and other the build tools manually on top of SXCE since "this feature" existed even then. The installer should enforce absolute minimum requirements and not recommended values. SXDE and SXCE need not have 2 different installation requirements. If you feel strongly about the higher number, then throw a warning at the user regarding RAM being less. But please do not prevent the installation on configuration where people know it to work. Already there are people facing multiple installation problems, preventing installation makes it unnecessarily painful. The solution for the person to upgrade his RAM. If it is a linux or a windows user wanting to try OpenSolaris distro, you have immediately created a negative impression. Not only would one lose the person but worse created in him/her a negative propagandist. *256mb is also just fine* Enforcing anything else is not a feature but a bug. Have a warning limit for 768mb if necessary, enforce limit should be 256mb. regards Shiv _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
