On 10/14/09 20:21, Dave Miner wrote:
A directly bootable AI image that can install without a boot server of any sort is almost ready to integrate.
That is really good news! Will there be an escape to the shell so it can be used for rescue? Since it is quite possible to install Open Solaris from sxce (or Solaris 10), as said, IMO there's less need for a new installer than for a rescue method. The scenario is a failed update (e.g., because of a beadm glitch) where it isn't possible to boot a previous BE because ZFS has been updated for a new feature. If such a beadm bug spans releases it might be impossible to go back (as happened with b122/b123). Unless you stay on the update roller-coaster, you could face a scenario where no update is possible...
Yes, but the text UI, which will be available in both x86 and SPARC in coming months, will perhaps dampen the demand yet further for a GUI installer for SPARC.
No argument there... Cheers - Frank _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
