On 19/05/07, fabio de francesco <fmdf66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1) Are 10GB enough for OpenSolaris? Consider, please, that I want to use the 
> system only for learning basic administration tasks and for studying the 
> system tools and kernel codes. I don't need a big home directory, since the 
> system wouldn't be used for production.

Enough to run it perhaps, but not enough to do much else if you
perform a full install.

> Can I install OpenSolaris DE in /dev/sda8?
>
> Please, consider that the 8171-9337 range is internal in a extended partition 
> /dev/sda3, where Linux occupies sda5 (swap), sda6 (root) and sda7 (home).

Extended partition support for booting/installing Solaris is not
currently available.

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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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