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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? OpenSolaris's Imminent Demise Post 302474393 by Jawwad on Wednesday 24th of November 2010 07:19:47 AM

11-24-2010

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OpenSolaris's Imminent Demise

Hi Everyone,

I would like to ask you about OpenSolaris's imminent disappearance under the ongoing Oracle stewardship. How do you feel about it? I have been an active user of this OS since its beginning and have deployed it in my educational institution across 7 campuses on more than 700 machines. I love its features especially ZFS.

Now I am beginning to get a little bit paranoid. Is their any fork happened already or in progress which I am not aware of (being an avid Slashdotter, I can't remember one)?

Your input on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Jawwad

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)                                                                                                            install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris  invokes  the  Solaris  Install  program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

           Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

           Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris  exists  only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |                             |lation media)                |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

                                                                    23 Sep 2005                                                install-solaris(1M)