Erich Weiler wrote, On 04/30/10 14:47:
Actually I just saw this in the documentation for the SunFire x4540: ---------- Installing Solaris OS Onto an X4540 Using a Compact Flash Card When installing Solaris 10 onto an X4540 Server using a Compact Flash (CF) card as the boot media, do the following: 1. Use the preferred (supported) version of Solaris 10, update 5, build 10. 2. Use only 8-GB or 16-GB CF devices. <...etc...> ---------- Link to area in documentation I'm referencing: http://docs.sun.com/source/820-4855-12/chap3-pre.html#0_pgfId-1008964 Does that indicate that the BIOS only supports compact flash cards (IDE) of the 8-16GB variety?
Probably more to do with the fact that 8 GB for root is pretty minimal. It also is not a good idea to have swap on a CF so you need enough memory for swap to be accommodated. We do ship some servers with the OS on a CF and following the above works quite well. CFs wear out so that is the main reason for not having swap on it.
-erich
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