On 22/05/07, Ryan de Laplante <ryan at ijws.com> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > >> 2) I chose to customize the "core" software group. As I added packages > >> it warned me about dependencies, and expected me to resolve them > >> manually. As I manually resolved some dependencies it created more > >> dependencies, etc... I gave up and chose to install the default core > >> group. I think this is a major deficiency in the installer. > > > > A new installer is on the way; but I don't think the initial version > > will resolve the customisation issue. > Is this it? > > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/install/mockupScreenshots/ > > I downloaded the web based demo and was very very impressed!! You guys > have done an amazing job with this. I like how I can specify "Server" > and check higher level concepts from the software tab. Now I don't have > to look at thousands of packages and attempt to resolve dependencies by > hand. Will this be used for Solaris 11?
It may be used sooner than that, but yes, it will be used for a future release of Solaris I'm certain. It will definitely be used for Solaris Express at some point in the near future as well from what I know. > >> 5) I'm installing on x86 hardware using a regular US English keyboard. > >> The default shell that comes with Solaris doesn't support backspace, > >> arrow keys, and possibly more basic but important keys. Why doesn't > >> Solaris install bash and use it by default (at least on x86 hardware)? > >> Bash works well with my keyboard. > > > > Because bash is not the same as /bin/sh. Because of backwards > > compatibility requirements, Sun can't change the default shell to > > bash. You, however, can. > > > > I'm not sure what x86 hardware has to do with it... > I figured you need one of those UNIX keyboards to use backspace in > /bin/sh. Those keyboards come with Sparc servers right? I already told > solaris what kind of keyboard I'm using during install. On x86 hardware > I use a normal 104 or 105 PC keyboard which does not work right. I > don't really know the technical details, and have never used a Sparc > server before. I don't think it matters what keyboard you have. It's just a matter of the shell not having the right mappings or settings by default. Trust me, its better just to change your shell, there isn't much use for /bin/sh in my opinion anyway. Use ksh, tcsh, zsh, or bash. As for the rest of your issues, I defer to someone more knowledgeable. Good luck, -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
