I am trying to install SXDE (solaris express developer edition) 9/07 in my laptop. My configuration is OK according to Hardware Compatibility List. I allocated a 25 GB partition for SXDE . This partition was unallocated previously . I have used 'gparted' to create a new primary partition of linux-swap file system. There was more than 9 MB unallocated space available in the last partition of my harddisk.
now , my SXDE installation is being failed after 5% progress.... and showing me "not enough free space available...(c1d0)".

please help me to solve this problems.

How did you layout the filesystems on slices ? The whole partition size isn't enough to figure out.

How much RAM has your machine too ?

My system has 1 GB of RAM.

today I have installed SXDE successfully in my system... without any problem.(I have formatted my whole hard disk for that purpose , because vista partitioning system was creating problems .)

But new problem has been arrived about network connection. I configured my router for a new wireless lan client : ip 192.168.1.103 and configured it in SXDE. I edit /etc/nwam/llp which was previously :

wpi0 dhcp

and now :

wpi0 static 192.168.1.103/24


after that I restart svcadm and a pop up message told me that connection to WA1003A (MY ROUTER)has been established.

in my bowser , if I type 192.168.1.1 , my router configuration page is opening.

ping 192.168.1.1 is also saying that it is alive.

but I am not being able to display any urls in my browser. It's showing me an error message "firefox can't find the server at **********.com" .

please help me to solve this problem.

thank you very much.

Either you let your dhcp server doing the network configuration or you dot it fully, including default route and dns which you are likely missing.

Why did you drop dhcp ?

I dropped DHCP because my router is configured as DHCP : disable. There are one desktop pc and a laptop , both with multiple operating systems is connected with that router.when I configured my router for the first time , I assigned different ip addresses for different operating systems.. and configured network connection of each os with that ip. Now , all of them are working properly except solaris.

If you kindly tell me how to configure default route and dns that would be a great help.

Thank you again.

That doesn't answer my question. Let me rephrase it. Why are you disabling DHCP in the first place ?
You mean you only set the IP address on the other OSes and you can surf the web with them ? How do they figure out the DNS and routing ?
Here are hints:
Replace the default router and nameserver IPs by the addresses relevant to your configuration.

Thanks a lot for your help... network connection is working perfectly in solaris...

I was not able to configure and manage all total 5 os's in my systems by using DHCP. then I followed my router configuration manual and disabled DHCP.

my desktop has 2 os's . winxp and fedora 8. laptop has 3 : SXDE , winxp and fedora7. each has it's own ip (192.168.1.100 - 104).

winxp : start -> control panel -> network connections -> lan -> properties -> tcp/ip -> properties -> ip : 192.168.1.100 [or 101(in laptop)], netmask: 255.255.255.0, default gateway: 192.168.1.1, preferred dns : 192.168.1.1.

Fedora 7/8 : administration -> network -> new -> wireless -> static ip ->
ip , netmask , gateway , primary and secondary dns etc.

Thank you again for your kind help.

is it some how possible to enable dhcp and manage all os's network connection???