--- On Tue, 1/29/13, Jim Klimov <jimkli...@cos.ru> wrote:
> In my Wiki post you've read, one of the reasons to do manual > installs > (copy of files from Live media) was explicitly the desire to > co-exist > OI with an older rpool, i.e. to facilitate migration. I have > one such > system where SXCE-117 coexists with OI (and migration is > slowly under > way during rare permitted downtimes), with rpool version > being 15. > > But yes, enhancements in this and some other regards to the > installer > (GUI, text, automated) so that manual tricks are no longer > required, > would be most welcome :) I personally prefer installers that just list things, let you select which ones you want and will then put them in a filesystem which already exists. The 4.1.1 installer did that and it was wonderfully easy to do whatever you wanted. I used to create filesystems w/ the inode count better tuned to actual usage. I gained a lot of usable disk space that way. In the case of /usr I had very few inodes free. Just enough create links and directories if I needed them. I'd greatly prefer to do a manual install from the root shell provided by the text installer. But I'd need some documentation on how things are stored on the CD. In 4.1.1 I figured it out by copying the tape files to disk and looking at them. It's a bit more challenging w/ CD/DVD media. The El Torito docs only take you so far and then the distro takes over and does what it wants. I just sent Martin $50US, so hopefully when he gets done with his current efforts he'll document a more manual installation process. I think he's de facto in charge of the OI distribution. Have Fun! Reg PS My disks are "out for delivery" :-) So if you read this Martin, keep working on what you're doing already. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
