On 10/16/07, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > On 16/10/2007, Barbara.Lundquist at sun.com <Barbara.Lundquist at sun.com> > wrote: > > More tweaking done: > > > > The Slim installer prototype cannot upgrade an existing operating > > system. The installer performs an initial installation which overwrites > > all software and data on the target disk. > > I'm fairly certain that isn't correct. > > If I remember correctly from the demo Dave Miner was showing us at the > summit, it let you choose the partition for installation, although you > couldn't edit existing ones. > > This means you should be able to install it into a single partition > without affecting any other partitions. > > It also offers an "Use Whole Disk" option. > > Perhaps it would be better worded: > "The Slim installer prototype cannot upgrade an existing operating > system. The installer can perform an initial installation into a > selected primary partition (preserving existing partitions) or use an > entire disk. Installation will overwrite all software and data on the > selected target." > > -- > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst > binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ > > "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not > tried it. " --Donald Knuth > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Perhaps a minor nit, but what about changing to: "Slim install cannot upgrade an existing Solaris or OpenSolaris installation. The installer performs an initial installation into a selected empty primary partition (preserving existing partitions) or uses an entire disk. Installation will overwrite all software and data on the selected target."
