> That's what we're planning to provide, the Live Media project is showing
> the early prototype work that's been done so far. Adding an installer
> to it won't be terribly difficult.
But, is Belenix different than this?
And we need to see few more installers - Mac OS, Red Hat Linux, AIX.
> So, since you have seen the proposed new install experience you are
> obviously aware we are working on Solaris install
I know that there are plans for the new solaris install. But, I didn't know
that it has already started!!
> My question to you now is, now that you have seen these different
> installers and you rate our proposed new installation experience a 5 out
> of 10, what specific recommendations do you have to improve that score,
> and why?
Two things strike to my mind when I think of "Install Screens:
1. The first question that has to be asked is, whether the user want's to do
"Install" or "Upgrade" or "Repair".
If that is done, then we can skip all the sysid stuff in case of
"Upgrade".
2. Solaris Install GUI makes use of Java.
Do we really need to use Java here? Is it not making things slow?
And Solaris Install screens are not at all attractive!
For configuration part (sysid), we should go for a single screen with
multiple tabs.
If we have multiple tabs, then we need not have back or next or change
buttons.
In configuration, Solaris tries to get most of the things automatically
and if it gets some information by itself,
then it will not present that screen at all. This is not good.
It should present the screen and the value should be filled in. The user
should be allowed to edit the automatically recovered value.
And like "Windows XP", we can also have some ads which can be cycled
during installation.
Also, like Red Hat, we can have a side bar, which presents the help. If
this is done, we don't need to have a help button.
These are my personal views about Solaris Installer improvements.
Regards,
Narendra
On 8/30/06, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I'm completely convinced we need a live install, IOW, where a live cd
> boots
> > for the install, as ubuntu does. It seems to make so much sense to have
> a
> > complete OS booted without anything tied to the hard drive, so that
> anything
> > can be done to that drive during the install.
> >
>
> That's what we're planning to provide, the Live Media project is showing
> the early prototype work that's been done so far. Adding an installer
> to it won't be terribly difficult.
>
> Dave
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