Brian Cameron wrote:
Dave:
Specifically in the case of partitioning, I think we chose not to
emphasize this as strongly, as ZFS makes it a far less interesting topic
in general; you really want to just be giving it whole disks and making
your life simpler. Perhaps that's being a little too optimistic about
ZFS for some :-)
For those OpenSolaris desktop users out there, figuring out how to set
up OpenSolaris in multi-partition environments where you may have
Linux, OpenSolaris, Windows, etc. on the same machine is complicated.
Agreed that it is.
I'd bet that most people who install OpenSolaris as a desktop platform
wouldn't want to dedicate their laptop's entire disk to a single OS.
The reality at this point is that OpenSolaris lacks the tools to really
do any sort of multi-install partitioning effectively (inclusion of
parted/gparted will improve this situation a lot). As the book is aimed
primarily at those with a Linux background, in most cases they will have
already had to confront this issue, and so a basic outline of what to do
and a reminder of where to find the tools is where we decided to stop
after a few pages on the topic. A choice that is certainly arguable, of
course. As I said, the feedback will be noted for future editions,
should there be any.
Ultimately, virtualization software makes this particular topic a lot
less interesting, which is much the better!
Dave
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