OpenSolaris's Indiana is serious about memory

By Steven Rosenberg on November 6, 2007 1:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

OpenSolaris' new Indiana OS now has a live CD. It boots with GRUB and features the GNOME desktop, yet it's neither Linux nor BSD ... it's OpenSolaris, in case you've forgotten over the past few words.

Under requirements, it says 512 MB of RAM minimum, with this caveat: This minimum has not been tested extensively yet.

Well, I can tell you that with 256 MB of RAM, the system detects that and will not go forward with the booting process.

I will try it on a 512 MB box and report back.

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