[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2020.10 text installer ISO Wow!!!!

[Chris]

On 2021-03-04 08:45, cretin1997 via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:18 PM, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Both OmniOS and Tribblix don't have this failure mode as they don't have 
>> the
>> split boot. We just get the bootloader to slurp the entire OS into memory.
>> It's
>> the sort of trick that isn't really practical for the GUI boot, though.
>> 
> 
> Uhm, SquashFS anyone? We are a desktop system so we should use a desktop
> technology. Why don't change for the superior and proved solution? And as I 
> saw
> they even used SquashFS for cli only Linux without any problems. Or it's NIH
> syndrome? Or just hate Linux? Or we must adhere to the tradition of 
> OpenSolaris
> and not allowed to change anything? Otherwise we will become less Solarish! 
> Isn't
> it?
It's not so much the space on media that's the problem, as the space in RAM 
that
poses the restrictions. SquashFS is only small when it's compressed on media.

--Chris
> 
> BTW, you didn't answered me about how to do full screen with Tribblix on
> VirtualBox, Peter. Looking forward to you.
> 

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