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?


Thanks,
Robert

engineer10325 <engineer10325@yahoo.com> wrote:

Have you logged in?

CDE? JDS?

S10 takes a bit more memory than older versions.
JDS takes a lot more memory than older windowing systems.

You could force it to run a lightweight window manager like twm or
something.


If you want to run JDS, you're definitely going to want more RAM.

As a standalone, no graphics machine, 128 might suffice for tasks that
don't need much memory.


Not so much gotchas as just hunting it down.


ebay or other resellers. Anyone selling it will declare it memory for
Ultra5/Ultra10. It's not manufactured any more. You can't get it from
kingston/crucial/etc...

There are some "tall" modules that are compatible with both the 5 and
10, but will not physically fit in the Ultra 5 as long as the floppy is
installed.

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Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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