Leslie H Wood wrote: > Mfg is also working on OpenSolaris pre-install on factory units. The > assumption was that we would still use sys-unconfig but maybe we need to > rethink that since the one time I used it on a test system, it did not > behave as expected on bootup. It still came up as a DHCP client since > sys-unconfig did not disable the "network/physical:nwam" service. >
Right, that issue's been discussed in multiple forums. Fixing sys-unconfig is probably the wrong answer there; instead I think we just want the correct configuration laid down directly by AI. Dave > > Dave Miner wrote, On 02/11/09 12:14: >> Paul Neary wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've seen various bugs mentioning problems with sys-unconfig. Being >>> more familiar with Solaris than OpenSolaris, I of course tried this >>> out on 11/08. Despite some ugliness, this actually works OK. >>> However, I'd like to know what the final word is on this SOLARIS >>> feature. Is it the intention to remove it from OpenSolaris and >>> should I get used to NOT having around? >>> >> sys-unconfig was always the wrong answer for re-configuring systems >> outside of the Sun factory after pre-installation, which is what it >> was originally written for. Our continuing inability to ship proper >> tools to reconfigure the odd set of items sysidtool and sys-unconfig >> touched led to it being co-opted into more general use. >> >> Since the present sys-unconfig is more of an attractive nuisance than >> a useful tool with the inclusion of graphical boot, we're considering >> removing it from OpenSolaris. >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
