Hi Sue, Some comments on disk selection proposals: > Proposed Functional Design for Default Disk Selection > ----------------------------------------------------- > One disk on x86 system > a) Look for solaris2 partition to use. If found, use it and create vtoc > b) If partitions exist, but no solaris2 partition exists, but there is space > for creating solaris2 > partition, create it and use it. > c1) If partitions exist, but no solaris2 partition exists, and no space > exists to create one, ask user > if they want to use whole disk or use a partition on disk (list the > partitions). If partition is chosen, > use it and make solaris 2 partition. Or user could quit and do fdisk/format. >
How exactly would we ask the user? I am a bit uncomfortable with this approach since it is supposed to be a hands off install. Which means we automatically succeed or we automatically fail. I would think the text based installer would be used, eventually, in the event a user wants an interactive install experience. Baking in behavior that requires user input in some scenarios seems contrary to what we want to provide with AI. Just my thoughts... thanks, sarah ***** > OR > c2) If partitions exist, but no solaris2 partition exists, and no space > exists to create one, inform user > via console and log, they would login to run fdisk/format and start install > again. > d) If no partitions exist, use entire disk. > > One disk on sparc system > a) If disk has slices, select first root slice big enough if one exists > (first look at recommended size > then at minimum size). > b) if vtoc created, but no data slices, ok to install > c) if disk is unformatted, use entire disk > > > The notes from today's meeting are at: > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/ai_client_redesign_mtg_0520.txt > > > > Proposals for default disk selection and specified disk selection are > included for review. > > In tomorrow's meeting, we will continue to discuss slice/partition > editing, progress and error reporting, > as well as any feedback received on today's proposals. > > Thanks, > Sue > > > On 05/18/09 09:02, Susan Sohn wrote: >> There will be meetings on Tue, Wed, and Thu this week to discuss >> client redesign. >> The topic for tomorrow's meeting will be disk selection (default and >> specified) and >> slice partitioning. William and Jean's presence is requested, anyone >> else is welcome. >> >> Here are the meeting details: >> >> Client redesign meetings: >> Tue, Wed, Thu 5/19,20,21 >> 8m PT/9am MT/5pm Prague >> >> USA Toll-Free: 866-839-8145 >> Caller Paid (Intl): 215-446-3660 >> Participant Code: 9041875 >> >> Thanks, >> Sue >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
