Forgot to mention this excellent series of articles: http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris.html http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_08.html http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_16.html http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_19.html
Cheers, Ananth Ananth Shrinivas wrote: > Eric B's series of articles on Unix From Scratch will help you: > http://blogs.sun.com/eric_boutilier/entry/unix_from_scratch_table_of > > As will Shudong Zhou's script to install a minimal Solaris version: > http://blogs.sun.com/szhou/entry/build_a_minimal_solaris_image > > But note that Solaris (atleast Nevada) has changed considerably over > time and the exact list of packages mentioned by either people might not > give you a fully bootstrapped system. The essence of the idea is to > throw away packages you don't need and include ones you need. You need > to manually figure out that list of packages. > > >> I want to use a hard disk that is 512 MB in size, in total, and I can be >> very, very generous and offer one fourth of the >> hard disk for the operating system. I will connect this computer to a LCD >> display. >> > > If you want to pick up packages from a Standard Solaris 10/SX install media, > install it on an alternate root and expect to minimize it to 128 MB of > installed space, I *suspect* it might not be possible. But you have the > source with you. If you want to manually hack your way through, optimize > executables for size over execution efficiency, strip binaries, have a > compressed lofi layer (like BeleniX) etc.. it could work out. > > Cheers, > Ananth > > > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> What will do with it ? I will tell you later. >> >> The computer is built with an obsolete processor that I managed to find, >> with a RAM from yesterday that I managed to find. The processor is a 333 MHz >> processor and the RAM is DDR I, 256 MB. I wish I could find a 128 MB ram, >> but I did not find one easily, so the installation task is easier than it >> was meant to be. >> >> I want to use a hard disk that is 512 MB in size, in total, and I can be >> very, very generous and offer one fourth of the hard disk for the operating >> system. I will connect this computer to a LCD display. >> >> I want a browser that will connect to the internet by wire and by WiFi. I >> want to listen to the audio and music in the websites that I access. If the >> Webpage requires flash / Active X, my computer should handle it. I am not >> greedy, I don't want star office, I don't want games and I don't want any >> other application. A PDF reader perhaps. >> >> What components of Solaris would I install and what components would I leave >> out ? I learnt that I need some network components, the display related >> components, GUI related components... >> >> How many from this forum think that it is possible ? And please tell me how. >> >> I will buy you an ice cream ( or send you a bunch of roses if you so prefer >> ) if you send me a list of components to install within that portion of the >> hard disk that I have set aside for installation. >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> ug-bosug mailing list >> List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org >> List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org >> List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ug-bosug mailing list > List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 >
