Hi Peter.
Thanks for your comments.
On 07/16/09 14:10, Peter Tribble wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jack Schwartz<Jack.A.Schwartz at sun.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's how the problem statement now stands:
>>
>> "All OpenSolaris installers must be able to install on any system. Yet
>> there could be a device driver which is not part of the installation media,
>> which is needed to operate a system device. This could occur for various
>> reasons: the driver could be closed or third party, or could be support for
>> a new device which was added after the media was published. To enable
>> support for these cases, the ability to deliver drivers from locations
>> other than the installation media for install is critical. OpenSolaris
>> installers should make it as easy as possible to locate and install drivers
>> for all devices, including drivers which do not exist on the installation
>> media."
>>
>
> The first sentence doesn't seem right. I can imagine having different
> installers
> for different needs. I can also imagine systems for which no possible
> installer
> will succeed. All - must - any seems unattainable.
>
OK. The following is more to the point:
OpenSolaris installers should be able to install on systems with new or
rare devices.
> There are also cases when the installer itself can do nothing - for example,
> missing network drivers. It's stuck, so you need to extend the problem
> statement to include finding and downloading necessary drivers completely
> outside the installer, in such a way that the installer can pick them up when
> it does run.
Networking is included in the above; I don't specify "disk" for that
very reason. If one wants to point to a network driver on, for example,
a USB stick, they will be able to do this. (To download a network
driver over the network is a chicken-and-egg issue.)
Thanks,
Jack
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