On 6/20/2010 12:36 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
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Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop:  usca22-123
Phone:  x17195
Santa Clara, CA
Hi Erik,

Thanks a whole lot for taking time to post your thoughts.  Different people 
will react differently.  I am sure you are aware that the stronger a person is 
devoted to Solaris, the stronger the voice you are going to hear.  IMNSHO, this 
is what we need to keep this project alive.

So much for my 8th-kissing, now my real motive/question.  Since you appear to 
be working in Sun's Java System, Perhaps you might have some answer to a 
question that I asked almost five years ago but never received any reply?

During the installation of Solaris Express, shortly after the kernel is loaded, a Java 
virtual machine will appear which will take over the installation process.  I was 
wondering whether this is a special version of JVM, and if so, how "useful" 
(capability-wise) it is? where can I find any info?  More to the point, do you think it 
may be possible to build a Open Solaris distro based on this kernel+JVM combo?

Thanks again and apologize for forking the subject.

Last I checked, this is a vanilla version of the JDK - I think they're using 1.4.2 during the old Nevada/Solaris 10 install process. It's a fully-featured JDK.

Realistically, it's just for the installer. Exactly what it's doing you'd have to ask the Solaris folks, but its not used during network/jumpstart installs, only for the interactive ones, IIRC.



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Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop:  usca22-123
Phone:  x17195
Santa Clara, CA

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