Alfred Peng wrote:
> Nice work, guys.
>
> Several points from my perspective for the demo:
> 1. The 15G install limitation. Is it just a demo thing? Or it's
> intentional? Is there any reason that Solaris is recommended on disk
> more than 15G? As for some users who want to have multiple OSes on their
> box, that isn't good sometimes.
It is a demo thing. We will calculate the size required from the install
media. However, it is important for users to be aware the limiting the
initial size of the install may cause problems later with upgrade.
> 2. Partition the disk. I can't find the way to configure the partition
> layout such as specifying the size of the root directory("/"), home
> directory("/export/home"). It seems that I can only specify the whole
> Solaris partition. Did I miss something?
No, you didn't miss anything. Right now we are not providing for
customization of the slices. We will be moving the ZFS root in the
future which makes this type of customization different so we opted to
not allow that for Dwarf. We will layout the slices for you.
> 3. Software Package selection. Most of the install process will notify
> the users to select the packages they want to install. Is that missing
> from our one?
Dwarf is intended to provide a streamlined installation experience for
developers. If you look at the existing Solaris Express, developer
edition, we have removed the ability to select software per package as
well. We are moving forward with that model with Dwarf. As we expand
Caiman's capabilities and replace the existing installer this will
likely change. How, I am not sure since we are trying to go to a
different installation model all together. Sorry, I can't give more
details than that at this time.
> 4. Is that possible to provide a way to specify where to install the
> grub? This comes from the old experience of Linux installation. I
> remember that users can select to install grub on MBR or the first
> sector of the install partition for Linux. And it's helpful for some
> mutiboot users in my opinion.
No, it isn't currently possible. With any of the Solaris install
choices. But, it is an interesting suggestion. This is something we
should keep in mind to include for more advanced options.
> As a whole, it's quite simple and easy for the users to have a install.
> Looks really great :-) I can't wait to see this in the upcoming Nevada
> releases.
Thanks for taking the time to look at it.
sarah
