Philip, try the method of spooling packages explained first by Shawn, and then by me (look at the example, it's very easy!). Let us know if there is some doubt about this way of spooling the packages. Best regards,
HeCSa. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org>wrote: > On Jun 22, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Philip Gorwell wrote: > >> >> On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 23:42 -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >>> Delaying an on-disk format has been a significant advantage for us >>>>> since it forced and allowed a refinement of the network-centric >>>>> portions of the design. Remember that pkg(5) was only just started >>>>> near the end of 2007, so design and implementation have been >>>>> occurring rapidly. >>>>> Because of the delay, the on-disk format when it is implemented >>>>> will be much better than it would have been had we attempted one at >>>>> the beginning because other parts of the system have changed. >>>>> >>>> >>>> That sounds great! :-) >>>> Roadmap would be nice indeed. I understand it wasn't possible at the >>>> beginning, not many resources for that. But now we're getting to a >>>> point where Sun is extending support duration for OS.c, and talking >>>> about Solaris Next. Having a roadmap would allow some planning >>>> forward. >>>> >>> >>> >>> 2010.02 will see a lot more polish and functionality geared towards >>> enterprise and off-line environments. We'll also be continuing ARC >>> review in the near future, so I imagine you will see a much clearer >>> roadmap then. >>> >>> >> I personally find the current installation options very unfortunate. The >> Live CD doesn't offer any customization and is absolutely unsuitable for >> server installations. The AI is good only if you've got a number of >> servers on the same network, but you can't use it for individual servers >> on different locations. >> > > See below. > > As long as there is no other way for installations, OpenSolaris 2009.06 >> is no option for most of my installations and if I want OpenSolaris, I >> have to use the latest Nevada build. >> > > > Remember that you can use the distribution constructor to create your own > customised install with the specific packages you want, etc. all on one disc > suitable for off-line install. > > Cheers, > -- > Shawn Walker > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss > -- HeCSa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/advocacy-discuss/attachments/20090624/ba132e42/attachment.html>
