Thank you Ananth, You have sent me a wealth of information which would help me get started ...
Thank you. On 8/4/07, Ananth Shrinivas <Ananth.Shrinivas at sun.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
