Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: > Thank you Ananth, > Where is the Reward ;-) . As a starter, I hope you sent a Rose (color depends on intimacy :-P between you guys) to Ananth on account of Happy Friendship Day
> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
