Install gang, Should I add this information below from Brian to the Getting Started Guide? Or, is there a blog site where this troubleshooting info can be posted and I can point to it?
Brian, Do you have an existing blog about this topic that I could point to? Barbara On 10/19/08 16:22, Barbara Lundquist wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [indiana-discuss] [Fwd: Re: REVIEW installation docs 1st batch for > 2008.11] > From: > Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM > Date: > Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:45:45 -0700 > To: > Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron at Sun.COM> > > To: > Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron at Sun.COM> > CC: > "indiana- >> \"indiana-eng at sun.com\"" <indiana-eng at sun.com>, Barbara > Lundquist <Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM>, Indiana Discuss > <indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > > > Brian, > I'm going to rename this subsection to "new installation features". > I'm not covering all new features in > this document. Marketing will cover that info on the Live CD. > > I'll look into your GRUB comments soon. > > Thank you! > Barbara > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [indiana-discuss] REVIEW installation docs 1st batch for > 2008.11 > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:09 -0500 > From: Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron at Sun.COM> > To: Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM > CC: indiana-eng at sun.com <indiana-eng at sun.com>, Indiana Discuss > <indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org> > References: <48F3C306.5090107 at Sun.COM> > > > > Barbara: > > Wouldn't it be good to reference the GNOME Accessibility setup guide > for users who need to further setup their system to enable > accessibility? You can find it by running "yelp" and it is on the > main page as "GNOME Desktop Accessibility Guide". The "GNOME > Desktop System Administration Guide" and "Desktop User Guide" are > also good initial references to point a user to read for further > information. > > The "New Features in OpenSolaris 2008.11" seems a little light. > > One problem that I have had is that I partition my system to have > both Windows and OpenSolaris. I needed to reinstall Windows and > this made my GRUB bootloader get lost and my machine would just > boot into Windows. To fix this, I needed to recover Grub with > the following commands: > > 1. Boot the installation CD again, and when it gets to the GRUB > menu, type "c" to enter command mode. > 2. Run the GRUB command "rootnoverify (hd0,#)" where # is the drive > partition number of OpenSolaris (0 for the 1st partition, etc.) > 3. Run the GRUB command "makeactive" > 4. Run the GRUB command "chainloader +1" > 5. Run the GRUB command "boot" > > That might be handy to mention as troubleshooting information. > Especially since the GRUB commands to restore on Linux are a bit > different. > > Brian > > > > Please review the 1st batch of installation documentation for > > the 2008.11 release ASAP this week. > > > > 1) Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11 at > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/getstart.pdf > > > > Changes in Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11: > > - Please check blog links to see if any are outdated. > > - I added a New Features section with Auto Install and Distro > > Constructor descriptions. > > - I moved the Upgrade section into this book. > > - The IPS sections are moved to a separate book that will be reviewed > > next week. > > - The Snap Upgrade section was moved to a separate book per below. > > - Rearranged some sections and rewrote for clarity. > > - Basic installation procedures are largely unchanged. > > - Some of the doc cross-references still point to 2008.05 docs. > > > > 2) Managing Multiple Boot Environments in OpenSolaris 2008.11 at > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/snapupgrade.pdf > > > > Changes in Managing Multiple Boot Environments in OpenSolaris 2008.11: > > - This is the former Snap Upgrade chapter with new section > > added for zones support. > > - Upgrade section was moved out of here and into the > > Getting Started Guide. > > - Minimal changes except for new zones support section. > > > > > > Review docs for Auto Installer and Distro Constructor > > will be routed for review later this week. > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > indiana-discuss mailing list > > indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20081023/c583993d/attachment.html>
