After you install it, edit the /etc/system file to set the kernel tunable parameter so that the kernel (and ZFS arc) is only allowed to use 400 megs of RAM or whatever it is you want it to use. See this link for details:
http://solarisdesktop.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-is-memory-gone.html If that fails. Try using Milax instead of OpenSolaris 2008.11 Milax is darn small and darn fast, and the XFCE desktop is really snappy!!! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
