This Getting Started Guide prepares you to install this release.
System Requirements for SXDE 1/08
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Requirement |
Description
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Memory |
768MB minimum. If your system has insufficient memory, the installation fails. See the Getting Started Guide for more information.
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Disk space |
A reasonable minimum is 10GB.
The absolute minimum disk space required is 9GB. For an English-only
installation this includes roughly
8GB for the / partition (leaving 2GB free), 500MB for swap, and 500MB for /export/home user accounts.
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Drive |
A DVD drive is required.
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Network interface
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One network interface is required.
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USB ports |
2 USB ports are required.
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Graphics card |
A graphics card is required.
Note: To install without a graphics card, you must select the Solaris Express
choice on the initial GRUB screen that comes up when you first boot from the
installation DVD. The Solaris Express
selection provides a choice for a text-based installation.
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For more information on SXDE requirements see the
Getting Started Guide. This Getting Started Guide prepares you to install this release and provides the following:
- Task flowchart
- How to determine if the Solaris OS will run on your system
- How to partition a disk for dual-booting
- Important installation issues
Note: Back up your system. As with any operating system installation, your
existing data can be overwritten!
- Device Drivers List:
If your driver was not included in the download, check these resources.
- Solaris WiFi
team is working on adding support for some of the most
popular wireless network cards to the Solaris OS.
All of the drivers and tools produced by the team will be pre-released to the OpenSolaris community and then integrated into the next Solaris OS release.
- OpenSolaris's Device Driver community is working on a number of driver projects.
- solaris-x86.org
provides free and commercial drivers.
- Masayuki Murayama's website. He has close to 2 dozen device driver for the Solaris OS.
Installation Demo
A 10-minute video explains several issues that can help you prepare for installation.
