Sarah Jelinek wrote: > > > Kyle McDonald wrote: >> 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. >> > Perhaps in the long run, but we have had issues with the separate > datasets for /var and decided to not allow for that right now. > Out of all the branches of the FS tree that I'd like to put a limit on, /var is the most pressing one. > The quotas and reservations can be set after the install. > Only for things I've been allowed to make separate FS's for.
-Kyle > sarah > ***** >> -Kyle >> >> >>> - Bart >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> install-discuss mailing list >> install-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss >> >>
