On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Josh McKee wrote:

> In article <1160167842.531156.11440@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.c om>,
> "engineer10325" <engineer10325@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I picked up an Ultra 5 and I loaded Solaris 10 on it. It's really slow,
> >
> > and it's writing to the disk constantly.
> >
> > System Information shows:
> >
> >
> > Physical memory: 128M
> > Virtual memory (Swap): 565M
> > Virtual Memory in Use: 42%
> >
> >
> > I'm assuming I need to pick up some RAM?
> >
> >
> > I know that buying RAM for my PC is full of gotcha's - same for the
> > Ultra 5?
> > What do I need to know/do to ensure that I get the right stuff?
> > Any tips on a good place to pick up a stick of RAM for the Ultra?
>
> I have a couple of 128MB Sun original barcode modules you can have for
> the cost of shipping. Let me know if you want them.

Tip to the OP: take up Josh on his generous offer. 128 MB is
woefully inadequate for Solaris 10, especially considering the
Ultra [5,10]'s crappy IDE implementation.

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