[OpenIndiana-discuss] Is hipster 2015-10 32 bits compatible

[Aurélien Larcher]

Actually I just tried a 32bit install in VirtualBox and it is the same as
you describe.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Aurélien Larcher <aurelien.larcher at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am not sure whether the question is really 32 vs 64 bit... but given the
> amount of memory that pkg claims for big updates I do not think having less
> than 2GB RAM together with Gnome is reasonable (by today's standards) as
> you are likely to exhaust resources fast.
>
> I use 32bit Hipster for recovery from time to time, it is a bit sluggish.
> IMHO given how slow and energy inefficient such x86 systems are, they are
> not worth the trouble... unless you really want to play with them just for
> fun.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:43 PM, cpforum <cpforum at orange.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just installed OI hipster 2015-10 on a 2004 32 bits Pentium IV
>> 2,53Ghz 1,5 Gb RAM desktop
>> with a SIS648/963 motherboard (it works 2 years ago with OI).
>>
>> Installation is OK, Boot is OK, Network is OK. Everything seems to be OK
>> after opening a Gnome session.
>> Firefox 24 works without problems, Gnome Terminal too, download files
>> with Firefox, is ok an it's fast enough.
>>
>> When I launch : "pkg update" the system become unusable, Gome Terminal
>> can no longer launch
>> bash, and so on. The system is frozen an cannot be halted. Nothing is
>> logged excepted one time no "more threads".
>>
>> Is hipster always 32 bits compatible ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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