Andrew Watkins wrote: > OK! I Installed Indiana Developer Preview on my laptop and yes it > installed very easily, quickly and a small foot print compared to the > OpenSolaris Express Community Edition which I have been using for > ages, so well done. > > But here are my questions - It did not create a GRUB menu item for my > windows O/S - found out how to fix it but you need to put this on > your FAQ now (don't forget it a zfs location) >
Yes, I'll see about getting a release note added. > - Again, the GRUB menu did not include a failsafe mini root - WHY? > Because there isn't one. The live CD/USB is your failsafe at this point. > - I do not understand why you can not log onto the GNOME interface as > root. What happens if something goes wrong or I forget my user > password. Please tell me how to log onto the machine as root? > If you are uncomfortable with this setup, edit /etc/user_attr and remove the "type=role" portion of root's entry and it will revert to being a standard account. > - Packages: I may have not looked in the right places, but I do not > see how I can install other packages onto the system using the pkg > command. i.e. Compilers, Office, etc. Is there a pkg server yet and > if so how do I use it? Again, a FAQ. > There is, pkg,opensolaris.org, but we haven't yet loaded additional packages, and unfortunately, we somehow broke the SVR4 packaging system in the last couple of days before release, bug 110. You should see a follow-up about this in a few days. > - I notice there is no Java and don't understand why? Since it is > only about 60MB so it could fit on the CD or is there another reason? > Yes, there were redistribution issues with the Java included in Solaris that weren't resolved in time. Dave _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
