* Kyle McDonald <KMcDonald at Egenera.COM> [2008-04-29 16:06]: > 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.
(Once zfs split shows up, all of these can be done post-installation.) I guess I'm confused why a graphical installation tool would need to offer these features; I could easily argue that the resulting installed image is the preferred install, and that sites that want to define their own installation preferences should use one of the distribution constructor or automatic installer to do so. Maybe there's more rationale to share here? - Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
