--- Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Easier to install? I do not see much difference in > the > > difficulty of installing a Linux distribution > versus > > Open Solaris/Solaris. I still have to get a shell > to > > get what I want during installation on Linux. > > I like the fact Linux installers often let you > configure root > mirroring and LVMs durin install. Also the disk > partitioning section > can be a bit confusing to non-solaris users.
Well, install root on zfs is coming soon so this is going to be a moot point. I did not notice whether there was a 'Help' option during installation. Installers for quite a few Linux distributions provide information that way. Some of the latest Linux distro installers however do not seem to support every possible installation like root on a raid10 array or that plus lvm on top and so I would have to get a shell to manually get things in place for the installer to chew on. > > Also the descriptions are fine for solaris admins, > but sometimes I > think that a "this is used for" might be missing. Yes, I had to brush up on slices but that is not too bad. The real kicker was not realising the advantage of an extra root slice for live upgrades. This is not something that is commonly done on the Linux side of things...but I doubt that any help information will help a Linux admin to understand on the spot... I have as yet to get my head wrapped around Solaris software dependencies and therefore what is involved in a live upgrade which now lives me stuck with the b59 release because I do not want to bother upgrading it anymore. At least under NCQ support becomes available for the si3124 driver in which case I will just wipe out the existing installation and import the zpools and zfs's unless of course there is a better way... Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
