Hi,
Thanx for the information.
Empirical data agrees.
This leads to more questions... I created a manifest that attempts to
create slice zero without specifying the target device. It accepts the
manifest without complaint, but does not re-slice the disk it chose. Is
this a bug? Or should I file an RFE?
<ai_manifest name="ssqa-2009-06.111a.ai-d33a">
<ai_pkg_repo_default_authority>
<main url="http://ipkg.sfbay/dev"; authname="ipkg.sfbay"/>
</ai_pkg_repo_default_authority>
<ai_pkg_repo_addl_authority>
<main url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev";
authname="opensolaris.org"/>
</ai_pkg_repo_addl_authority>
<ai_device_vtoc_slices>
<slice_action>create</slice_action>
<slice_number>0</slice_number>
<slice_size>16383</slice_size>
</ai_device_vtoc_slices>
<ai_packages>
<package_name>entire at 0.5.11,5.11-0.111:20090418T200225Z</package_name>
<package_name>SUNWcsd</package_name>
<package_name>SUNWcs</package_name>
<package_name>babel_install</package_name>
<package_name>SUNWiscsit</package_name>
<package_name>SUNWiscsitgt</package_name>
</ai_packages>
<ai_auto_reboot>true</ai_auto_reboot>
</ai_manifest>
mary ding said the following on 05/13/09 14:45:
> Jean:
>
>
>
> Jean McCormack wrote:
>> Jon Aimone wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I probably just missed it somewhere, but what is the default
>>> behavior when no disks are listed in the manifests for the
>>> auto-installer?
>> It will use the manifest information to find the first matching disk.
>> That means it will first check to see if there are any disk criteria
>> specified in the manifest. If disk criteria are specified it will
>> match according to that. If not, it will try to select a default disk
>> based on disk size. The first disk greater than our recommended
>> minimum disk size will be selected.
>>>
>>> Does it re-slice a disk or try to use the existing slices?
>>>
>> I think it's reusing the slices. Can someone help out here?
>>
>
> It will reuse the existing slices and do not re-slice.
>
>
>>> And how does it choose the disk in the first place?
>> See above.
>>
>> Jean
>>>
>>> Did I just miss this info in the docs?
>>>
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