Hi David,

David Garcia - ONPIT wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> I agree with that. Adding such options in the SC manifest would be 
> better. Something like:
> <propval name='boot-options' type='astring' 
> value='console=ttya,enable_ssh=true' />
>
> Also maybe it would be interesting to add an option to change the 
> default boot entry? (i.e. it's commonly needed to change the default 
> boot in network environments where the splashimage interfeeres with 
> the tip lines)
> <propval name='boot-default' type='integer' value='1' />

those suggestions are definitely good food for thought :-)
Could you please file bug and capture them, so that we
are aware of this need ?

Thank you very much !
Jan

>
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> jan damborsky wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>>
>> David Garcia - ONPIT wrote:
>>> Hi Sue and Jan,
>>>
>>> As this is currently coded, the string after '-b' will be concated 
>>> to the default root entry in menu.lst, so I think it would make more 
>>> sense if the description in the man page changed to something like:
>>>
>>>   -b boot-options
>>>   Optional: Add additional boot options in the form
>>>   <property>=<value> in the client-specific
>>>   menu.lst file in /tftpboot.  Use  this option to set
>>>   boot properties that are specific to this client.
>>>  
>>> This is because with the previous description it looks like we can 
>>> only set one property when we actually can set several.
>>>
>>>
>>> Other than that, would it make sense to propagate those changes to 
>>> /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst in the client at post-install time?
>>
>> I think they should be applied only during process of installation.
>> The reason is that they might be installation specific and not
>> applicable to the installed system.
>> (enabling remote access for observing install process, turning on 
>> debug mode, ...)
>>
>> My feeling is, that all customization specific to the installed image
>> should come from AI System Configuration manifest.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jan
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>> jan damborsky wrote:
>>>> Hi Sue,
>>>>
>>>> the fix looks good to me.
>>>>
>>>> I have some generic comments. If they might
>>>> be valid, we could just file new bugs for
>>>> tracking them.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at installadm(1M) man page, it looks
>>>> like only one name-value pair can be specified
>>>> by -b option. Is this the case or could I specify
>>>> more than one property ?
>>>>
>>>> It seems that this feature is currently only
>>>> implemented for x86 platform. I think we will need
>>>> this also for Sparc.
>>>> For example, if I would like to enable ssh in AI
>>>> environment along with turning on debug mode,
>>>> I might just specify something like
>>>> "-b enable_ssh=true,install_debug=true" when configuring
>>>> particular client.
>>>> Do you think that taking advantage of '-b' for such
>>>> kind of things is the right approach or another
>>>> mechanism should be developed for passing user
>>>> arguments to AI client ?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sue Sohn wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> Please review the changes for:
>>>>>
>>>>> 6388 create-client -b option should be supported
>>>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6388
>>>>>
>>>>> which are posted at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sohn/6388
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sue
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