Bart Smaalders wrote: > Benjamin Brumaire wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I experienced the new installation process while setting a new >> system. >> It feels very easy to install Solaris Express Community Edition b87 and >> I think it 's a good thing to simplify the process. But making thing >> easier shouldn't make the process inflexible. In Unix-style there should >> be room for modification. Especialy disk layout. Maybe I missed >> something but I wasn't able to find a way to modify the default layout. >> In that case I think the simplification process of installing >> opensolaris went too far. >> >> > > Is the problem that you wish to repartition the disk? Note that ZFS doesn't > use fixed boundaries for filesystems, so space allocation should not be > an issue > inside the disk/partition chosen for OpenSolaris. > > Even with ZFS, the installer should let you define which sub trees (/, /usr, /var) are separate ZFS filesystems, and set fixed sizes (Quotas? Reservations?) on them.
-Kyle > - Bart > > > >
