John, Please take one more look at the updated webrev to check my language in auto_install.c. http://cr.opensolaris.org/~wmsch/bug-12459/ Thank you, William
John Fischer wrote: > William, > > Actually, simply adding an 'or' to the 'create a Solaris partition use > the manifest' would probably do it. > > Or your other method would work as well. > > Thanks, > > John > > > William Schumann wrote: >> John, >> John Fischer wrote: >>> The help message seems a little confusing to me. It reads: >>> >>> To fix the problem, the user can do the following: >>> - delete unused partitions using the manifest, >>> - create a Solaris partition using the manifest, >>> - or create a Solaris partition before running the installer. >>> >>> Does this mean that: >>> >>> 1) the user can delete the unused partitions and create >>> a Solaris partition via the manifest Or the user can create >>> a Solaris partition before running the installer? >> If the user deletes all unused partitions, then the default behavior >> is to create a Solaris partition using the entire disk, and it is not >> necessary to do an explicit create in the manifest. >>> >>> Or 2) the user can do any one of the 3 options? >> To put it another way, >> - the user must explicitly create a Solaris partition using the >> manifest if partitions of other IDs exist >> - if the disk has no partitions, or if the user has specified the >> deletion of any existing partitions in the manifest, the default >> action is to create a Solaris partition on the entire disk >> >> To change it so that you have 3 mutually exclusive options: >> I) create a Solaris partition using the manifest >> II) or create a Solaris partition manually >> III) or delete all non-Solaris partitions, either through the >> manifest or manually, and a Solaris partition will be created using >> the entire disk >> >> Does this seem more useful? >> >> William >> >> But when you put it this way, I) is >>> >>> If it means the later then perhaps the first line should read: >>> >>> To fix the problem, the user can do one of the following: >>> >>> Or is it one of those options where the user can do multiple >>> responses separately or in combination. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> William Schumann wrote: >>>> webrev: http://cr.opensolaris.org/~wmsch/bug-12459/ >>>> >>>> If no Solaris partition was either pre-existing, specified in AI >>>> manifest, or specified from AI default action on selected disk, >>>> om_perform_slim_install was not returning OM_FAILURE, leading AI to >>>> misread the returned status and continue waiting. Fixed return >>>> code and >>>> improved user instructions and log messages. >>>> >>>> Tested AI: >>>> - creating missing Solaris scenario >>>> - providing Solaris partition >>>> Tested GUI: >>>> - GUI does not reach this code, since the GUI requires a Solaris >>>> partition to exist or to be requested before the user can proceed with >>>> the installation. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
